Changes to Annualised Wage Arrangements in Hospitality and Restaurant Industries
Hospitality and Restaurant Industry Awards As of 1 September 2022, employees who are paid 125% or more via annualised wage arrangements under clause 24 of the Hospitality Award and Clause 20 of the Restaurant Industry Award will need to be paid an additional amount...
Easter Holidays are coming: Things Employers should know
It can be a complicated working out when and how public holidays are paid especially when employees are working in different states or territories. What are the Public Holidays in April 2022? Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria...
$150,000 in damages after s-xual harassment, assault
A tribunal has awarded a beauty therapist $150,000 in general damages after sexual harassment and assault by a male co-worker. VCAT Member Ian Scott found the male beauty therapy company Hebeich Pty Ltd, which trades as "Man Oh Man", vicariously liable for failing to...
Fair Work Inspectors Audit Melbourne Eateries
The Fair Work Ombudsman is making surprise inspections of ‘cheap eats’ food outlets in inner south Melbourne this week to check workers are getting the right pay and entitlements. About 50 businesses face investigations across suburbs including Albert Park, Balaclava,...
HR Tips: Keeping Employee Records
The Fair Work Ombudsman requires you to keep the following records for seven years or face a potential infringement notice. These records must: Be readily accessible to a Fair Work Inspector (FWI) Legible and in English. Have not been changed unless to correct an...
Take-away outlet operator penalised
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a penalty in court against the operator of a Sydney take-away food outlet. The Federal Circuit and Family Court has imposed a $2500 penalty against Heun Ok Kurosawa, a sole trader operating the ‘Sydney Kimbab Nara’ outlet on George...
Sydney cleaning business operators penalised $12,787
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $12,787 in penalties in court against the operators of a cleaning business based in Campsie, Sydney. The Federal Circuit and Family Court imposed penalties of $10,656 against Dynamics Clean Services Pty Ltd and $2,131 against its...
HR Tips: Ending Employment
Employment can end for many reasons: Such as an employee resigning; or an employer terminating the employee. Resignation If an employee resigns, the employer should confirm the resignation in writing including the employee’s final day. If the employee does not provide...
No Unfair Dismissal for Sacking Due to Inappropriate Social Media Posts
The Fair Work Commission has recently upheld the dismissal of an employee of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (the ACTU), who had been dismissed based on inappropriate posts he had made on Facebook. The posts included expressions of the employee’s support for...
Employee fairly dismissed for failing to clock on and off using employer app
An employee who was required to clock on and off using an employer app, has lost her unfair dismissal case for failing to use the app for a majority of her shifts from May 2020 to October 2021. Her HR manager gave evidence to the Fair Work Commission that using the...
