Beyond Employee vs Contractor: What Accountants Must Know About Employment Law

Learn more about employment law and what accountants must watch out for, including worker rights, redundancy rules and more.

In this session, we cover:

• Employment law and regulation

• Wage rates

• High Income Threshold

• Contractor rights

• Contractor High Income Threshold

• Employee v Contractor under the Fair Work Act

• Sham Contracting

  • TR 2023/4

• Wage theft

• Genuine Redundancy payments

  • Baya Casal v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2025] FCA 87

• Small business for Fair Work Act purposes

  • Jewell v Magnium Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2025] ​FedCFamC2G​

• Recent changes to employment law

  • Employer Choice Pathway​

  • Right to disconnect

• Accessorial liability of directors

Date recorded: 11 August 2025