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Paying Workers Correctly: Employment Contracts/IFAs v NES v Modern Awards v Enterprise Agreements
To ensure compliance with Australian employment law as well as to be able to pay and manage...
World’s largest coffeehouse chain underpaid staff more than $4.5 million
Starbucks Coffee Australia Pty Ltd (Starbucks) has back-paid staff in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane...
Tasmania’s largest aged care operator underpaid staff nearly $6.9 million
Tasmania’s largest aged care operator, Southern Cross Care (Tasmania) is back-paying 1,708 current...
Starbucks underpaid thousands of employees between 2014 and 2020
Starbucks Coffee Australia Pty Ltd (Starbucks) has back-paid staff in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane...
Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009
As per our earlier post, below is an update on the Fair Work Act 2009 amendments. Some changes...
When’s the last time you checked award classifications?
It's important to check your employee classifications regularly. To ensure that you're not...
When’s the last time you checked penalty rates?
Penalty rates are higher pay rates that your employees need to be paid for working particular...
When’s the last time you checked the rules about trial shifts?
Under Australian employment laws, some trial shifts must be paid. While others can be unpaid. When...
Fair Work Inspectors target Noosa restaurants for compliance checks
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has Noosa businesses in its sights including farms and food outlets....
Can a worker engaged for “trial” shift make a General Protections claim?
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that a worker who performed a single paid "trial shift" can...
BetterHR helped a telecommunications company defend a bullying claim
BetterHR was contacted by a business over an employee who had made a bullying claim in the Fair...
BetterHR helped a manufacturing business win an unfair dismissal case
A business owner terminated an employee after their position became redundant. The employee...
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