The mining industry is calling for the scrapping of awards and agreements so they can cut pay and hours of work during the coronavirus crisis. Additionally, small business is demanding workers be denied unfair dismissal rights until September. Furthermore, they…
A BP worker who was sacked for posting a Hitler Downfall parody video has argued the Fair Work Commission got it wrong by ruling the dismissal was fair. In the original decision, deputy president Melanie Binet found that the video…
Queensland nurses who belong to the Nurses’ Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) will now have an even stronger voice, after the Fair Work Commission heard that the organisation can sit at the enterprise bargaining table along with the Queensland Nurses…
A labour-hire company has agreed to back pay 19 overseas workers and change the way it manages its workforce to avoid legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman. Agri-Labour Australia, which is based in Brisbane, has signed an Enforceable Undertaking…
Qantas has admitted to underpaying 55 workers thousands of dollars after it discovered it had employed them under individual contracts instead of enterprise agreements. The embarrassing bungle resulted in the workers being shortchanged an average of $8,000 a year over…
Pizza Hut employees will be paid proper fast food industry award rates, including increased penalty rates, after 30 year-old expired workplace agreements were terminated by the Fair Work Commission. The fast food chain is the latest business to have its…
A major fashion retailer will be forced to pay its workers proper award wages and entitlements after the Fair Work Commission terminated its outdated Enterprise Agreement. Noni B has been getting away with paying wages that were way below current retail…
Just two weeks before the Queensland parliamentary inquiry into wage theft gets underway, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba has written to a number of former administration staff informing them they have been underpaid. The letter was sent at the same…
The Chief Executive Officer of St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba has been accused of hiding behind the Fair Work Commission, and trying to distract staff from upcoming public information sessions about underpayments. The accusations were made by Industrial Relations Claims…
After being publicly outed for underpaying its workers, management at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba has written to all staff assuring them it is committed to resolving the issue "in a timely and fair manner." The email comes just a…
