What can you expect?

As 2024 winds down, more employment law changes are on the horizon. Join us for a live Q&A webinar to end the year, with Sanam Ahmadzadeh Salmani, Legal Counsel at Employment Hero, alongside Simon Obee, Head of HR Advisory at Employment Hero and Principal Lawyer at EI Legal. We will be reviewing all the important employment law changes that came into effect in 2024 as a result of the Government’s closing loopholes reforms, as well as looking forward to changes to employment law expected in 2025.

What we’ll cover:

2024 Recap:

• Workplace delegates rights
• Changes to the definition of casual employment and the casual conversion process
• Changes to the employee v contractor test and increased rights for independent contractors
• The right to disconnect for employees in non-small businesses

Looking ahead to 2025

• The criminalisation of wage theft
• The right to disconnect for employees of small employers
• Proposed amendments to modern awards including provisions dealing with remote working and gender undervaluation
• Proposed introduction of gender equality targets for large employers

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