Industrial relations

Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker has announced the regulator’s strategic priorities for the year ahead, which include supporting all workplaces through the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing large corporate underpayments.

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The National Wage Case has an impact on all employment every year, and no more than this year, where a staggered pay rate increase has caused confusion and concern among …
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The Federal Attorney General has recently established five national IR Working Groups, comprising employer and employee representatives, with the goal of improving the effective operation of the employment landscape as …
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Further to the announcement of the Decision of the Fair Work Commission in the National Wage Case released last week (see; https://acapmag.com.au/2020/06/national-wage-case-decision-2020-and-its-implications/) the DRAFT Determinations that, once passed, will give …
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The NSW Parliament has passed changes to the Work Health and Safety laws that result in employees who become infected with COVID-19 as being deemed to have contracted it at …
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Following a decision by the Fair Work Commission, a new Schedule will temporarily be inserted into the Vehicle Manufacturing, Repair, Service and Retail Award 2010 that will have effect until …
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This week an already impressive list of wage theft offenders has gotten a bit longer.

On Monday, the likes of Caltex, 7-Eleven, Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza and Bunnings (to name a few), …
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Ensuring that the salary provided to any employee, but particularly a manager, can be difficult.  This difficulty can result in spectacular consequences as wave of sophisticated businesses that have failed …
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Companies guilty of wage theft could be publicly named and shamed under proposed industrial relations reforms.

Attorney-General Christian Porter, who is also industrial relations minister, has released a discussion paper …
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One of the unwritten rules in any workplace is not to compare salaries.

It can create team disharmony, jealousy and a nightmare for bosses.

But it turns out that bit …
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