by Simon Obee | Sep 15, 2021 | Hospitality, NEWS
The Hospitality Award has been amended to give employers the ability to choose to pay loaded rates to certain employees instead of paying overtime rates, penalty rates (except public holiday penalty rates) and the split shift allowance. The Fair Work Commission’s...
by Simon Obee | Sep 15, 2021 | Hair & Beauty, NEWS
Pay rates in the Hair and Beauty Industry Award for casual employees performing work on the weekend are set to increase following a decision of the Fair Work Commission last week. The Hair and Beauty Award currently provides that casuals are paid the same as full-time...
by Simon Obee | Sep 1, 2021 | NEWS, Professional Services
One of the most common modern awards to apply in Australian workplaces is the Clerks Private Sector Award, which applies to many employees performing administrative work. Confusingly, the Clerks Award doesn’t apply to every employee performing such work, a fact that...
by Simon Obee | Aug 13, 2021 | Legal, NEWS
As reported in our previous article, the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 (Cth) is currently before Parliament, and proposes to make a number of (arguably limited) changes to the Fair Work Act and federal sex discrimination...
by Simon Obee | Aug 9, 2021 | Legal, NEWS
On 4 August 2021 the High Court handed down its decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Robert Rossato & Ors [2021] HCA 23, reversing the previous finding of the court that Mr Rossato, who had purportedly been engaged as a casual employee, was in reality a permanent...
