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 Scott Morrison admitted to 2GB that if unemployment benefits, the “dole”, was too high, it […]
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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 restrictions easing over the weekend, allowing one patron per two square metres – effectively doubling
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 criminalising wage theft, promising up to a decade in jail for bosses stealing from workers.
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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 made cases for prioritisation in the pending recession as the country re-awakens from the COVID-19
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 comprising 10 full-time members, being five representing employers, and five representing employees. The working groups
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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 Australian businesses, extrapolating across the Australian economic landscape, and finding almost 800,000 workers could be
ROY MORGAN RESEARCH PREDICTS HOSPITALITY CLOSURES AND MAJOR FINANCIAL IMPACT Read More »
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 student and pub worker Emma Scealy, who says she was told she was among staff
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A major Federal Court ruling Wednesday is being touted as a “huge win” for potentially millions of workers, aiming to close what has been deemed a massive “loophole” in employment of casuals. Casual workers make up around 20 per cent of the Australian workforce, and it is estimated between 1.6 and 2.2 million might benefit
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The Federal Government’s new $130 billion wage subsidy scheme passed through parliament today, bringing much-needed clarity for hundreds of thousands of businesses and their employees. The JobKeeper laws are characterised by a $1,500 per fortnight payment to employers, to be paid to employees on the books at 1 March, even if stood down since. Eligible
In the wake of a succession of underpayment scandals in hospitality, Justin Hemmes’ Merivale group continues to be targeted in a trial-by-media class action claiming millions will be owed in backpay. News of the proposed class action by a Canberra-based law firm first emerged when it filed documents in the Federal Court on Christmas Eve
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