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.
Better HR
$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.
$143,000 in penalties for $18,000 underpayment
A company, its director and payroll manager have been penalised
$143,000 for underpaying workers $18,000.
Three-quarters of Pizza Hut outlets found to be non-compliant
Less than a week after one of the Fair Work Commission’s
(FWC) most senior members issued a scathing letter of resignation,
saying the FWC is viewed by the business community as
“partisan, dysfunctional and divided”, the Fair Work Ombudsman
(FWO) has released an Activity Report confirming widespread
non-compliance within Pizza Hut outlets. With three quarters of
audited outlets failing to comply with workplace laws
Sky News Interview – 17 January 2017
David Bates joins Switzer TV to discuss the issues
affecting small businesses in Australia (broadcast on Tuesday 17
January, 2017).
Resignation of Vice President Proves the Fair Work Commission is Failing
In a scathing letter of resignation made public today, one of
the Commission’s most senior members – Vice President Watson – has
proved beyond any lingering doubt that each and every one of the
criticisms Better HR have levelled at the Commission in
recent years has been justified.
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