The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 (Cth) received Royal Assent on 26 February 2024. The Act amends the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and related legislation and is the final element of the Government’s controversial ‘third tranche’ of changes to workplace relations laws.

Many of the changes made by this Amendment Act had delayed commencement dates.

On 26 August 2024, several significant changes commence.

This includes the right to disconnect, casual employment changes, changes to the definitions of ‘employer’ and ‘employee’, a new regulated workers jurisdiction and the creation of a new Fair Work Commission unfair contracts disputes jurisdiction.

Ai Group has communicated extensively with members over the last two years regarding the development and content of the changes.

What we are hearing from employers, is that they are grappling with the scale and pace of change.

We understand that for some businesses, the changes – particularly some of the changes that commence on 26 August – go to your fundamental operating models and practices.

In this presentation, we will consider a framework able to be adopted to plan how you will operationalise these changes in your business.

As part of this series, we’ve produced three other videos that relate to key changes coming into effect on 26 August 2024 under the Closing Loopholes amendments. These videos cover:

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This program has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations through the Productivity, Education and Training Fund grant program.