brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 40 of 2026 SCHADS Schedule E rise deferred to 1 December, Victorian labour hire licensing reaches supply chains, a migration overhaul, and new AU and NZ tribunal decisions.
brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 39 of 2026 SCHADS home care rates rise about 15 per cent from 1 October, submissions on the non-compete ban close 2 October, and Victoria's apprenticeships Act clears Parliament.
brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 38 of 2026 Treasury's draft ban on non-competes for workers under $190,100, Queensland's 4.75 per cent State Wage Case, Victoria's work from home Bill sent to committee, and a Full Bench ruling that intent is irrelevant to sexual harassment.
brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 37 of 2026 Privacy reform tranche two leaves employee records untouched, Victoria's work from home Bill sits in the Legislative Council, and two universities sign underpayment undertakings in a single week.
brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 36 of 2026 The Fair Work Commission adds a working from home clause to the Clerks Award and finalises its generative AI disclosure rules, while WA's industrial agent registration scheme commences.
brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 35 of 2026 This week: the Fair Work Commission arbitrates the casual conversion pathway for the first time, New Zealand's rebuilt Skilled Migrant Category takes effect, and Victoria's labour hire regulator alleges a worker was confined for three years.
brief HR Legislative Brief — Week 34 of 2026 This week: the FWC's first minimum standards order for gig delivery workers takes effect, NSW nurses and midwives win pay rises of up to 28 percent, and Victoria delays its work from home right by ten months.
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