Please note, further to our communication last week, that an error has been identified with calculations relating to the 2.4% wage rate increase for the Children’s Services Award, effective 1 September 2016. This error has been rectified and a new wage rate summary can be accessed by logging into our Members Resource Portal. Please accept […]
As part of the Modern Award Review currently underway at the Fair Work Commission (FWC), two matters have recently been highlighted as “common issues” following multiple applications to alter several awards. The applications relating to provisions that regulate payment of wages and annualised salary provisions have each been grouped and will be considered as common […]
On 15 June 2016, the Fair Work Commission released a statement to advise how the Full Bench proposed to deal with the payment of wages in relation to five issues; timing of payment of wages, removing a restriction on the days for payment of wages, timing of payment on termination of employment, penalty for late […]
Let me apologise in advance if this week’s message is a little dour, but I’m sorry to say it’s been that kind of a week in the retail world. On Wednesday we received the news that the Fair Work Commission had decided on a 2.4 per cent increase in the minimum wage, which in turn […]