Tag archives: Flexible working arrangements

Model term for family friendly working arrangements to be included in modern awards

As part of the Commission’s four-yearly review of modern awards,[1] the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) recently handed down a decision (Decision),[2] to insert a new model term (Model Term) into all modern awards, which will: complement the flexible working provisions contained in s 65 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act); and impose … Continue reading

Flexible working – achieving a work life balance in France

By Judicaël Fouquet on September 19, 2014 Posted in Europe, France

The issue of reconciling work and personal life has become a growing concern in France and resulted in particular in the negotiation of a nation-wide inter-sectoral agreement relating to the quality of working life in 2013. In this context, the issue of flexible working raises, among other things, the question of whether employees benefit from … Continue reading

Flexible working – achieving a work life balance under Venezuelan labour legislation

By Yanet Aguiar on September 18, 2014 Posted in Latin America, Venezuela

This post was contributed by Yanet C. Aguiar, Partner, Norton Rose Caracas and Valentina Albarrán, Associate, Norton Rose Caracas. In the modern age, work has become an increasingly important part of a person’s life. From the standpoint of western civilization, work is not only viewed as an activity people do in order to subsist, but … Continue reading

Employees with child care responsibilities – what are an employer’s obligations?

By guestauthor on November 18, 2013 Posted in Australia

In this post we provide an overview of the following two types of obligations that an employer has under Australian law when it comes to employees with child care responsibilities: considering and responding to flexible working arrangement requests; and preventing discrimination on the grounds of family or child care responsibilities. We also provide some practical … Continue reading