penalty rates Archives

MANTLE FACES FEDERAL COURT

Posted on August 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Mantle Group has argued before the Federal Court that the Fair Work Commission overstepped in its investigation of the company’s workplace deal that was found to be depriving hundreds of workers of penalty rates. Queensland’s largest hospitality group, Mantle operates

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

FEDERAL COURT LOCKS IN CHANGES TO PENALTY RATES

Posted on October 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney

UPDATE: The Federal Court has upheld the decision of the Fair Work Commission in regard to the recent changes to penalty rates, and rejected union appeals. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) announcement in February determined changes to be introduced over

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

PENALTY RATES DEBATE REARS EARLY FOR ELECTION

Posted on December 2nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Early election jostling has seen political leaders vie for the attentions of business and the unemployed in WA, flaring up a long-standing national debate on penalty rates. Western Australia will see a State election on 11 March, 2017, and experiencing

CLOSE OR LOSE MONEY FOR EASTER. WHO’S THE BUNNY?

Posted on April 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

As businesses around the country lick the wounds inflicted on P&L by the Easter weekend, the debate around penalty rates continues to brand employers the ‘bad guys’. In terms of public opinion, the problem would largely appear to stem from

PENALTY RATES PENALISING THE WHOLE STATE: THA

Posted on March 2nd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

President Paul Jubb, of the Tasmanian branch of the AHA – the THA – talks about the impact of penalty rates on the State’s hospitality industry. At first glance, the idea of having a Tasmanian Parliamentary inquiry into penalty