Employment law experts warn the government's proposed industrial relations changes will hurt workers. They argue the reforms will tear a hole in the safety net, stifle wage growth, in addition to increasing casualisation and insecure work. All this at a…
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…
Queensland nurses will get a better deal after a surprise admission by the nurses union in the Fair Work Commission. The Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union (QNMU) wanted to ban the rival Nurses' Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) from participating…
A labour-hire company has agreed to back-pay 19 overseas workers to avoid legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman. It has also promised to change the way it manages its workforce to ensure wage theft will not happen again. Brisbane-based…
Qantas has admitted to an embarrassing underpayment bungle involving 220 workers. Qantas discovered it had mistakenly employed the workers under individual contracts instead of enterprise agreements. As a result, the airline underpaid the workers an average of $8,000 a year…
Pizza Hut employees will now be paid proper fast food industry award rates, including increased penalty rates. The change comes as a result of the Fair Work Commission terminating 30 year-old expired workplace agreements. The fast food chain is the…
A major fashion retailer will finally be forced to pay its workers proper award wages and entitlements. The change comes as a result of the Fair Work Commission terminating an outdated Enterprise Agreement. Fashion retailer forced to pay proper wages…
A Queensland-based transport company has been penalised $80,000 it ripped off a worker $11,000 over nine months. The Federal Circuit Court found Bundaberg Refrigerated Transport breached its own Enterprise Agreement when it underpaid the office worker. The Fair Work Ombudsman…
