Specific situations

Special cases in employment law: part-time work, night shifts, on-call duty, remote work and atypical situations.

There is no statutory night or shift penalty in Australia — shift loadings and night penalty rates are set by your moder...

Whether standby time counts as work — and what an on-call allowance is worth — is set by your modern award or enterprise...

Being labelled an independent contractor when you are really an employee strips away award minimums, the National Employ...

Your visa status does not reduce your workplace rights. A national system employee on any visa is entitled to the full N...