Payroll & Employment Archives - Page 4 of 8

NEW UNEMPLOYMENT RULES COMING TO GET JOBSEEKERS SERIOUS

Posted on March 5th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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

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

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

LAUNDY LEADS CALL FOR WORKERS TO ‘GET OFF THEIR ARSE’

Posted on July 3rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Former Federal member and fresh face of the Laundy portfolio, Craig Laundy, has taken a swipe at a system and the workers being paid high subsidies by government while freshly re-opened pubs struggle to cover shifts. On Monday Prime Minister

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

ROY MORGAN RESEARCH PREDICTS HOSPITALITY CLOSURES AND MAJOR FINANCIAL IMPACT

Posted on June 5th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Research company Roy Morgan has released the results of a survey of businesses in response to the Federal Court ruling on the entitlements for so-called ‘regular casual’ workers, with dire predictions for hospitality. The special-edition SMS survey engaged with 881

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BLOWOUT AS JOBKEEPER CONFUSION REIGNS

Posted on May 25th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney

Australia’s COVID-19 safety net JobKeeper is at the centre of a massive increase in the number of workers raising issues with unfair dismissals, as Treasury concedes miscalculations and devils emerge in the detail. The ABC reports the case of medical