Category: Fair Work Australia

Fairwork Ombudsman Updates Advice for Workplace Mandatory Vaccinations

The Fairwork Ombudsman (FWO) has updated its guidelines to say that employers can direct their workers to get vaccinated for the CCP virus under “lawful and reasonable” circumstances, giving businesses that operate in high-risk areas a green-light to require vaccinations for all staff. “Whether a direction is lawful and reasonable will be fact dependent and…


Leading Industry Groups Stand Behind Post-Pandemic Workplace Reforms

CEOs from leading Australian industry groups are pushing for the Senate to approve contentious industrial relations laws this week, arguing there is no “valid reason” for the Bill to be delayed. “The certainty that these reforms will deliver is needed urgently to boost confidence, investment, and job creation to complete the recovery and help put…