by Sophie McCartney | Feb 16, 2022 | Retail
On 4 November 2021, the Fair Work Commission handed down a Decision in response to an application to vary clause 11 of the General Retail Award 2020, which outlines provisions relating to an employer’s obligations when engaging casual employees. Various industry...
by Candice Collaco | Feb 2, 2022 | Hair & Beauty, Industries
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently undertaken it’s 4 yearly review of the Hair and Beauty Award. As part of this review, they have announced a decision to vary overtime pay provisions under this award for full-time and part-time employees. These changes...
by Simon Obee | Dec 8, 2021 | Industries
The Fair Work Commission has recently announced sweeping changes to the Educational Services (Teachers) Award 2020 commencing on 1 January 2022. The reason for the changes is it was determined that teachers covered by the award are subject to “gender undervaluation”....
by Rhiannon Cosgrove | Nov 10, 2021 | Hair & Beauty, NEWS
It was announced early in October that the weekend penalty rates for casual employees under the Hair and Beauty Award are set to increase. The Fair Work Commission has now confirmed that the increases will commence from 31 January 2022 and will occur over 5...
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 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...
