Fair Work Commission

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October 26, 2023
in Compliance, Employee Relations, Franchise, HR Central, HR Software, Legislation, OHS, Performance Management, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment, Talent Management, Training, Wellbeing
By HR Central
builders,communication,construction,employees,Fair Work Commission,OHS,policies,team,workplace

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Public Holidays: Important Dates Across All States

September 21, 2023
in Compliance, Employee Relations, End Of Year, Gratitude, HR Central, Leave, Policies and Procedures, Wages, Wellbeing
By HR Central
communication,employees,Fair Work Commission,policies,Public Holidays,team,workplace

Public Holidays over Christmas/New Year

With the festive season fast approaching, it is important to understand employee entitlements regarding public holidays.

Full-time and part-time employees who have time off on public holidays are paid their base rate of pay for the ordinary hours they would have worked, had it not been for the public holiday. However, a part-tim

Annual Leave Loading

September 14, 2023
in Compliance, Employee Relations, HR Central, HR Software, Induction, Legislation, Payslips, Termination, Underpayment, Wages, Wellbeing
By HR Central
employees,Fair Work Commission,OHS,policies,Public Holidays,team,termination,workplace

What is Annual Leave Loading?

Annual leave loading (leave loading) is an extra payment give on top of annual leave to pay, which is usually 17.5% (but may be higher depending on the award or agreement).

Dating back to the 1970s, leave loading was introduced to compensate employees for being unable to access overtime and shift penalties when on annual leave, resulting in a reduction in take home pa

Award Wage Increase – Aviation, Hospitality and Tourism from 1st October 2022

September 21, 2022
in Compliance, Legislation, Wages
By Jodie Fowler
aviation,award wage increase,employees,Fair Work Commission,Hospitality,HR Specialists,human resources,tourism

In June 2022, the Fair Work Commission announced a 5.2% increase to the national minimum wage and a 4.6% rise to award minimum wages, subject to a minimum increase for adult award classifications of $40 per week.

This two-tiered approach aimed to protect the real value of wages of the lowest paid workers. It took into consideration the sharp rise in the cost of living, including the outlook for inflation, and the strengthening of the labour market.

2020 Annual Wage Review Minimum Wage Increase 1.75%

June 19, 2020
in Wages
By HR Central
$19.84,1 July 2020,1.75%,Fair Work Commission,National Minimum Wage Increase

The Fair Work Commission has just announced a conservative increase in the minimum wage. The increase is based on a panel decision, that includes recommendations from Unions and other industry sectors that varied from the a 4% increase to no increase at all. As a result the following decision was made:

1.75% National Minimum Wage Increase as at 1 July, 2020

The Fair Work Commission has announced that from the national minimum wage will increase by 1.75% to $753.80 per week. This equates

New family and domestic violence leave

August 2, 2018
in Legislation
By Sarah Tidey
award rates,domestic violence,employees,Fair Work Commission,family,industry,leave,occupation

All industry and occupation awards are now being updated by the Fair Work Commission to include a new clause allowing employees to take five days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave. Who is covered? The new entitlement applies to all employees covered by an industry or occupation award. This includes part time and casual employees. Who is not covered? Enterprise awards and State reference public sector awards won’t include this clause, however these employees may be en

Fair Work Penalty Rate Decision 2017

February 23, 2017
in Wages
By HR Central
2017,2018,2019,2020,change,Fair Work Commission,Fast Food,FWC,General Retail,Hospitality,pay rates,Pharmacy,Public Holiday,Restaurant,Retail

The Fair Work Commission has handed down its long-awaited ruling on weekend penalty rates...

The Fair Work Commission made the following changes to the Sunday and Public Holiday penalty rates:

General Retail Industry Award:

For full time and part time employees Sunday penalty rates will be reduced from 200% to 150%
Casual employees Sunday penalty rates will be reduced from 200% to 175%.
Full time and part time employees Public Holiday penalty rates wil

Dismiss Right. Stay Fair.

March 2, 2016
in Termination
By Michael O'Shaughnessy
Fair Work Commission,FWC,termination,unsafe workplace

It pays to dismiss right and stay fair.

Here is an example of how doing so, can save your business grief.... A forklift driver was sacked after breaking his employer's "golden rule" of operating a vehicle while a customer was in an exclusion zone. The employee claims he was unfairly dismiss and has taken his case to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) The Fair Work Commission (FWC), has ruled that his dismissal was unfair. FWC heard this was the second safety-related incident during the forklift operator's

The importance of understanding pay rates

February 15, 2016
in Underpayment
By Michael O'Shaughnessy
classifications,Fair Work Commission,FWC,Modern Awards,pay rates,underpayments

With over 122 Modern Awards with multiple classifications, understanding pay rates can be difficult.

Calculating the wrong pay rates can result in costly fines and back payments to your employees.

Recently, a business on Sydney’s north shore has had to back-paid three young employees almost $35,000. The business told Fair Work inspectors it was not aware the correct pay rates and the extent of its obligations. An expensive way to find out. As Fair Work constantly says, "operators need to make an

Is redundancy genuine when you fail to consult

December 7, 2015
in Termination
By Michael O'Shaughnessy
clause 8,Fair Work Commission,FWC,Retail Award

In relation to a recent decision in the Fair Work Commission, it was clear that a genuine redundancy could only have occurred if the Company had complied with the consultation obligations contained in clause 8 of the Retail Award. The Company had argued the dismissal of the employee was the result of a genuine redundancy, and therefore the termination was effected for a valid reason and could not be characterised as harsh, unjust or unreasonable. However, it was unable to show where or how it had consulted with the em