For some businesses, the Christmas/New Year period is one of the
busiest times of the year. Here is some useful information to help
you manage your employees if you’re staying open through the
holidays.
Month: November 2016
Shutting down over Christmas and New Year
With Christmas just around the corner, many businesses are
starting to plan for the holiday period. Planning to shut down over
the break? Here’s some information you’ll find handy.
Fair Work Inspectors hit Sydney
Fair Work Inspectors conducted surprise audits of
restaurants, bars and cafes in Glebe Point Road, Sydney, last week
to check businesses are complying with workplace laws.
Switzer Blog 23 Nov 2016
David Bates from Better HR talks about a recent
decision by the Fair Work Commission to overturn a dodgy Enterprise
Agreement made between the SDA (one of the largest and most
self-indulgent unions in the country) and Coles. Because it quite
clearly failed the ‘Better Off Overall Test’ (‘BOOT’) imposed by
the Fair Work Act.
Big Fine for Unsafe Workplace
A company has been fined $85,000 for failing to provide and
maintain a safe work environment for a labour hire worker who died
in September 2013.
Trump and the not-so-silent majority
I’ve been confidently predicting a Trump presidency for the past
six months or so, and I’ve endured scoffing and ridicule for
roughly the same amount of time!
Record penalty against businessman who refused to clean up his act
A rogue Brisbane businessman has been penalised a record
$126,540 and ordered to back-pay migrant workers almost $60,000 in
a result that sends a warning that individuals can be held
personally liable for exploitation of workers.
124000 in penalties for underpayment of charity collector in Sydney
Penalties totalling $124,000 against a fundraising company and
its director for underpaying a backpacker working as
charity-collector in Sydney less than $8000 send a message about
the seriousness of sham contracting, according to the Fair Work
Ombudsman.
1.9 million back-paid for Cleaners at Oaks Hotels & Resorts
A major Australian hotel chain has back-paid 1500 of its
cleaners a total of $1.9 million after underpaying them as a result
of misclassifying them as independent contractors.
Paying your employees annual salaries? Read this.
More often than not, employers tell me they ignore the
applicable Modern Award because they ‘pay employees a salary which
includes all the Award entitlements’. When I then try to explain
just how risky this approach is under Australia’s unique Fair Work
system, many employers assume we’re exaggerating the danger.
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