Grameen Australia’s chair, Ian Neil SC, said the organisation’s approach to developing social businesses with local group support and appropriate lending and savings provided a sustainable solution to the issue at hand. …
As the pandemic continues, what legal requirements do employers have to consider? Leading Australian employment and industrial law barrister Ian Neil SC spoke to NewsRadio’s Mandy Presland.
COVID-19 has created a major challenge for the gig economy, the growing number of workers abandoning traditional ‘nine-to-five’ employment in favour of working independently on a task-by-task basis for various employers. …
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, a number of employers are reporting difficulty in getting workers on JobKeeper payments to actually return to the workplace. …
The Fair Work Commission has held employers have the right to increase the hours of casual and part-time staff on JobKeeper in a decision that dispels the assumption workers can receive the $1500 wage subsidy for no work. …
Of the 2.6 million casual employees in Australia, 1.35 million have worked regular shifts for their current employer for 12 months or more…
Senior barrister Ian Neil clears up some of the confusion on this hot topic for Dynamic Business readers. In a recent interview, he provided his insight and advice for employers for navigating the uncertain times ahead with coming out of JobKeeper…
As the Government begins to roll back JobKeeper and JobSeeker subsidies, economists and industrial relations experts are warning of the dire consequences businesses and the nation face when the scheme ends.
Talking Business with Leon Gettler. “Implications of COVID-19 on the gig economy.”
Mr Neil said that as well as “keeping jobs”, JobKeeper’s other objective was to stimulate the economy, so subsidising redundant workers may still be justified.
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