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By Aaron Dearden, Alison Baker and Karli Thomas More than 4 million Australians have downloaded the Federal Government’s digital contact tracing app ‘COVIDSafe’ since it was launched on 26 April 2020. Many employers will want their employees to download COVIDSafe but can they ‘require’ employees to do so? The Federal Government is urging more Australians to download the voluntary app to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and to allow social distancing restrictions to be eased.
Employers now have more discretion when considering criminal records, but the exact meaning of an ‘irrelevant’ record remains unclear. A recent change to anti-discrimination laws lowers the bar for employers to reject job applications from people with criminal records. However, some questions remain about how the change will be interpreted in practice.
The Federal Circuit Court has found that an employer took unlawful adverse action against a pregnant employee when it dismissed her for taking time off work due to morning sickness and to attend medical appointments1.
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