Fair Work Commission Archives

MINIMUM WAGE HIKE: HEDGING THE INFLATION BET

Posted on June 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The Fair Work Commission has announced its decision, and minimum wage and award wages will increase in Australia by 3.75 per cent, from 1 July, Australia’s economic outlook is improving, but challenges remain. After considering a range of factors, the

PUBS TIGHTEN BELTS AS WAGE HIKES KICK IN

Posted on July 5th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

A decision by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) came into effect this month increasing the pay for minimum wage and award staff, putting further strain on the hospitality industry. From 1 July the rate for minimum wage workers increased by

MANTLE GROUP ACCUSED OF MORE STAFF MISTREATMENT

Posted on January 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Godfrey Mantle’s hospitality group is back in the headlines over treatment of staff – accused of leveraging hundreds of casuals into a new agreement avoiding penalty rates. The Mantle Group operates pubs in Brisbane and Sydney, such as the Pig

MANTLE GROUP FALLS FOUL OF FAIR WORK

Posted on May 18th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

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’

NEW PUB PAY RATES SCHEME TO BE ‘BIG HELP’ TO SMALLER OPERATORS

Posted on September 8th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney

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

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

FAIR WORK COMMISSION DELIVERS ANOTHER WAGE RISE

Posted on June 1st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney

The Fair Work Commission has delivered its mandated annual review of national minimum and award wages, which govern pay for nearly 23 per cent of all employees. Under the Fair Work Act 2009, the FWC is required to appoint an

FWC GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO MORE FLEXIBLE PART-TIME

Posted on July 5th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

The Fair Work Commission has today ruled in favour of greater flexibility for part-time employment that could see more people in hospitality engaged part-time rather than casual. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) released the Decision Summaries as part of its

UNITED VOICE TO FIGHT INDUSTRY ON PENALTY RATES

Posted on June 23rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

AHA National CEO Stephen Ferguson says ‘bring it on’ to the trade union challenging the Fair Work Commission’s review of penalty rates and the hospitality award. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) announced its findings in February after more than a

PENALTY RATE TWEAK MORE POLITICS THAN FAIR WORK

Posted on February 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

After more than a year’s deliberation, the Fair Work Commission yesterday announced a mild and largely unpopular reduction to penalty rates for Sundays and public holidays. The rules dictating workers get loadings for working weekends and holidays have been in