Leave & entitlement news.
When a rate, threshold or law actually changes, we record what changed, when it took effect, and what it means for your leave. Every figure is cited to the Fair Work Ombudsman, the ATO, Services Australia or the legislation itself.
The AI "time dividend" proposal.
Labor's national conference asked the government to examine returning some of the productivity gains from AI to workers as time. It is a resolution, not a law, and it changes nothing about your leave today.
The right to disconnect.
Employees can refuse unreasonable contact outside working hours. How the right works, when it started for small business, and how it applies while you are on leave.
The 2026 unfair dismissal thresholds.
The high income threshold rose to $190,100 and the compensation cap to $95,050 for dismissals on or after 1 July 2026. Both are re-indexed every year.
Super on Parental Leave Pay.
The ATO now pays superannuation on government Parental Leave Pay for children born or adopted from 1 July 2025, as a lump sum after the end of the financial year.
Payday super has started.
Employers must now pay superannuation at the same time as wages instead of quarterly. What it changes, and which leave payments actually attract super.
Paid Parental Leave hits 26 weeks.
Government Parental Leave Pay reached 130 days for a child born or adopted from 1 July 2026, the final step of the staged reforms, with 20 days reserved for each parent.
The 2026 minimum wage increase.
The National Minimum Wage rose to $1,004.90 a week and award rates lifted 4.75% from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026. Here is what it does to your leave.