Australia’s national workplace relations tribunal, the Fair Work
Commission (FWC), has handed down an important decision regarding
Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for employees covered by a
number of Modern Awards, including the General Retail
Industry Award 2010.
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Tenfold increase in Fair Work Act penalties considered by Government
Legislation will to be introduced to Parliament next
week to increase maximum penalties for breaches of the Fair
Work Act to more than half a million dollars.
$120,000 in penalties for Melbourne retail outlet
The operators of a retail outlet in Melbourne have been
penalised more than $120,000 for underpaying three shop
assistants.
Retailer ordered to backpay over $30,000
A Western Sydney homewares retailer has been ordered to backpay
a worker over $30,000 after it was caught paying an employee just
$12 an hour.
Record penalties of $532,000 in FWO cashback case
Record penalties of $532,000 have been ordered in a case
involving the exploitation of five workers at a café in regional
NSW.
Two takeaways from the Pizza Hut pay saga
Ordered a pizza lately? If you have, there’s a good chance the
driver who cheerily delivered it to your door was being underpaid
by their employer.
Why I’m with VP Watson
When I appeared on the Switzer program last
week and once again raised serious concerns about the operation of
Australia’s national employment relations tribunal, the Fair Work
Commission, I could not have imagined I’d be proven so right so
soon.