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. One of these relates to changes to the definitions of ‘employer’ and ‘employee’. This video focuses on these new definitions for ‘employer’ and ‘employee’ that start from 26 August 2024 and apply to relationships which started before, on and after 26 August 2024.

As part of this series, we’ve produced three other videos that relate to other 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.