New minimum wage rates apply from next Tuesday, July 1.
The transition to modern award rates of pay also ends
on July 1 which will make accessing information on wages and
conditions much simpler.
Month: June 2014
Independent contractor vs employee: you need to get it right
Too many employers still assume that as long as a person
has an ABN, they can safely be engaged as an independent
contractor. Wrong. A Roy Morgan Group Company found out the hard
way this week with penalties of more than $300,000.
Cafe penalised over unlawful wage deductions
A café has been required to pay thousands of dollars in
compensation and penalties after the Fair Work Ombudsman found it
was illegally deducting money from the wages of its employees.
Pay Packet Review for National Pizza Franchise
A national pizza franchise must review the records of a third of
its 65 Australian stores to check that workers are receiving their
proper wages and conditions following action by the Fair Work
Ombudsman.
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An important reminder about adverse action
If an employer takes, or even threatens to take, any form
of ‘adverse action’ against an employee because they exercise a
workplace right, they face the risk of extremely expensive,
time-consuming, and complex legal action.
Workers back paid almost $50,000
A number of workers have been back-paid almost $50,000 in
wages and entitlements with the biggest recovery being
$20,000 for a café manager following recent intervention by
the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Human Resource Information System Software
For the smooth running of any workplace, it is of utmost
importance that you have good human resource information system
software.
Are Commission-Only Contracts Legal
Apart from a very small number of specific exceptions,
employees who receive a commission must still have their wages
‘topped-up’ to at least the national minimum wage.
Restaurant operators fined $334,000
The operators of two Melbourne restaurants who gave
teenage employees pizza and soft drink instead of their correct
wages have been fined a total of $334,818 following an
investigation and litigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
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