by Antonia Randles | Jan 9, 2019 | Cafe & Restaurant, Fast Food, Hospitality, NEWS, Retail, Workplace
This year, Australia Day falls on a Saturday, which means all States and Territories will be observing the public holiday on Monday 28th of January. If your business is open on Saturday 26th January, employees should be paid their normal Saturday rates, and public...
by Simon Obee | Dec 19, 2018 | Cafe & Restaurant, Disability & Aged Care, Fair Work Compliance, Fast Food, Hospitality, Legal, Mining & Construction, Professional Services, Retail
On 18 December 2018 the Government varied the Fair Work Regulations 2009 to allow employers, in certain circumstances, to offset the casual loading paid to an employee against certain entitlements that may otherwise be owed to the employee if they are found in the...
by Simon Obee | Nov 12, 2018 | Fair Work Compliance, Legal, Retail, Workplace
Following recent developments in the law concerning casual employees, Employment Innovations’ Legal Team will be running a webinar at 1pm on Thursday 22 November 2018. In the webinar we’ll discuss the lessons learnt from a recent court decision (Workpac v Skene)...
by Simon Obee | Oct 25, 2018 | Cafe & Restaurant, Fair Work Compliance, Fast Food, Hospitality, Mining & Construction, NEWS, Professional Services, Retail, Workplace
With Christmas fast approaching it’s getting to that time of year again where there are almost as many public holidays in the calendar as there are Christmas cards arriving on your doorstep. Here are a list of the national and State/Territory-wide public holidays...
by Aahana Lakhia | Oct 8, 2018 | Fair Work Compliance, Retail, Workplace
In this blog article, we discuss some changes to the General Retail Industry Award 2010 (‘the Retail Award’) that are coming up on 1 November 2018. The changes increase some penalty rates for casual employees. On 27 September 2018, the Fair Work Commission (‘FWC’)...
by Shane Duffy | Sep 26, 2018 | Cafe & Restaurant, Disability & Aged Care, Fair Work Compliance, Fast Food, Franchise, Hospitality, Legal, Mining & Construction, NEWS, Professional Services, Retail, Services, Workplace
There is increased confusion and widespread concern amongst employers around the legitimacy of many casual employment arrangements following the decision of Workpac v Skene in the Full Court of the Federal Court last month. The facts: WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene On the...
