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December 8, 2022

Important changes to the Fair Work Act

Amendments to the Fair Work Act come into effect today which have implications for all employers. Important changes include: Pay Secrecy Clauses that require employees to keep details of their remuneration and terms and conditions of employment confidential are now prohibited and must not be included in new contracts. Any existing pay secrecy clauses will no longer have any effect.

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September 30, 2020

Important updates to commercial leasing regulations

By Kalus Kenny Intelex

Just in the nick of time – the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Commercial Leases and Licences) Regulations 2020 have been amended.

The amendments take effect from 29 September 2020.

Some of the most important changes are around the rent relief application requirements (which are now much more prescriptive – see further below) and the fact that the landlord’s offer of rent relief does not need to relate to the whole of the ‘relevant period’ but rather only from the date that the landlord receives a compliant rent relief application from the tenant. It is therefore now critically important that a tenant’s rent relief application is compliant with the statutory requirements from the date the application is made.