Restaurant owners happy to pay less on Sundays

For workers in the hospitality industry, rising early for a Sunday morning shift after Saturday night’s revelry is worth it - if only for Sunday penalty rates.  This has been the case since 1 January 2010, when the relevant modern award, the Restaurant Industry Award introduced the penalty rate regime (see clause 34.1 ). From 1 July 2014, however, Sunday penalty rates for many hospitality workers will reduce by 25%, following a Full...

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Fair Work Commission makes one order from 151 applications in first 3 months of anti-bullying jurisdiction

In March 2014 we wrote about the addition of an anti-bullying jurisdiction to the Fair Work Commission.   To recap, from 1 January 2014, ‘workers’ (a broad term which includes subcontractors and volunteers) can apply to the Commission for a stop bullying order.  Applications are dealt with by a Commissioner either by mediation, conference or hearing.  The Commission reports on each of its jurisdictions on a quarterly basis. ...

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