Staffing

STAFF SHORTAGE PROMPTING CASH FOR CHEFS

Posted on April 14th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Lewis Group has announced it is offering a signing bonus of $2,500 for chefs as the industry feels the pinch of the labour shortage crisis. A Federal Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Migration was told this week of staff shortages

STAFF CRISIS PROMPTS $1K SIGNING BONUS FROM AVC

Posted on December 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The challenge to fill staff positions has hit top gear with Australian Venue Co offering sign-on bonuses of up to $1,000 in a bid to secure workers to operate the group’s 150 pubs around Australia. The second wave of the

FREE TRAINING TO GET JOB SEEKERS INTO HOSPO

Posted on December 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
As the hotel and foodservice industries continue to feel the effects of staff shortages, a new survey finds most high school students are eager to get straight into work and over two thirds are looking at hospitality. The research found

EQUAL PAY DAY TODAY

Posted on August 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Today is ‘Equal Pay Day’ in Australia, and the WGHA is calling on employers to achieve equality and better outcomes within their workforce. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) calculated 28 August to be Equal Pay Day in Australia, determined

WORKERS SHUN RETURN TO WORK

Posted on June 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
An employment challenge looms as pubs get back to work, finding laid-off workers content to receive the generous JobSeeker allowance rather than return to regular duties. Pioneering what has become a national policy, Western Australia moved to stage four of

HOSPO WORKERS STRIKE BLOW AS WAGE THEFT BATTLE SURGES

Posted on June 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Hospitality workers are rising up over “systemic” pay disputes, as Victoria passes laws threatening jail time for employers, the UWU begins legal actions, and JobKeeper rorts come to light. Last week the Victorian Parliament passed the first laws in Australia

FWC DELAYS MINIMUM WAGE RISE FOR HOSPO

Posted on June 19th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Fair Work Commission today handed down its decisions regarding wage increases, opting to defer the annual boost for hospitality staff until February 2021. The FWC has faced interests more greatly polarised than normal, as entities representing workers and businesses

GOVT ANNOUNCES WORKING GROUPS FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OVERHAUL

Posted on June 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Federal Government has finalised and announced the members of groups tasked with overhauling Australia’s industrial relations system, to find ways to urgently regrow jobs lost as a result of COVID-19. There will be five industrial relations working groups, each