Amid the ongoing struggle for workers, Lewis Land Group last week celebrated the staff of their three big venues, at the organisation’s very first awards ceremony. Staff members from The Fiddler and the Camden Valley Inn joined 41 of their colleagues from the Belvedere Hotel in Queensland, who were flown to Sydney and accommodated for […]
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Godfrey Mantle’s pub empire has been ordered to repay former staff and stripped of a 23-year-old workplace agreement by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The FWO has been carrying on an investigation into the six Queensland outlets of the Pig ’N’ Whistle pubs – owned by Mantle Group, which also operates Jimmy’s on the Mall, and
Highlighting an industry need to combat staffing shortages, multi-state operators Lewis Land Group have given away a brand-new Volkswagen T-Cross to a lucky staff member. The competition was open to all new and existing staff at The Fiddler, offering a chance to win a brand new car, with servicing. It was designed to both encourage
Lewis Land Group is pushing the limits of the staff crisis bandwagon, giving away two brand new cars to hard-working staff at its supersize venues The Fiddler and Camden Valley Inn. On offer is a new Volkswagon T Cross with 3 years’ servicing, valued at $35k, at both pubs. The competition is open to both
Faced with a pending summer of pent-up demand and falling unemployment figures, pubs around the country are working to find workers in the great hospitality staff crisis. Anticipating extraordinary demand over the warmer months, Australian Venue Co has launched an ambitious new recruitment drive to fill 500 jobs. AVC is targeting Australians abroad who want
Pubs and hotels have been granted powers to put senior permanent staff onto one single higher rate, without complex penalty rates, in a move expected to make the system simpler for smaller operators. Following an industry proposal to introduce so-called “loaded rates”, pubs can now pay key full-time staff award wages at a higher rate,
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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 forcing some hoteliers to “beg, borrow or steal” chefs and cooks, while many Sydney CBD
The Federal Government has laid out new rules to help employers get the workers they need, in an approach that wields a big stick but not a lot of carrots. Upheaval of industries as a result of the pandemic sees employers around the country reporting problems finding serious applicants for jobs, with hospitality one of
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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 pandemic in Victoria struck a second blow when operators began reopening to find a critical
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 by the average 59 additional days (from 1 July) that women must work to earn
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