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 | Jul 7, 2021 | NEWS, Retail
Increases to pay rates in the General Retail Award from 1 September 2021 As detailed in our previous article, minimum rates of pay in the General Retail Award will increase by 2.5% on the first full pay period on or after 1 September 2021. Although the Fair Work...
by Rhiannon Cosgrove | May 26, 2021 | NDIS Providers
The National Disability Insurance Agency (‘NDIA’), which administers the National Disability Insurance Scheme (‘NDIS’) has recently introduced a new requirement for certain NDIS Workers to undergo screening. The new requirement means that from 1 February 2021, workers...
by Jules Pedrosa | May 12, 2021 | Industries, Migration
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Added to the Critical Work Sectors On 08 May 2021, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, The Hon Hawke MP announced that the tourism and hospitality industry was added to the list of...
