The Australian Retailers Association, National Retail Association and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman strongly support this week’s Federal Court verdict in upholding the Fair Work Commission’s penalty-rates decision to...
Australian retail turnover fell 0.6 per cent in August 2017, seasonally adjusted, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures. This follows a fall of 0.2 per cent...
Earlier this week, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) Executive Director Russell Zimmerman showed his support for the government’s Youth Jobs PaTH (Prepare-Trial-Hire) program.
According to a statement released by the ARA, the organisation...
Australian Retailers Association Executive Director Russell Zimmerman says retailers are continuing to face a difficult operating environment and a 1.2 per cent minimum-wage increase is the best way to preserve employment within...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has proposed a phased approach to Sunday penalty rates, which it claims will allow retailers to implement the benefits of the penalty-rate reduction, in terms of additional...
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) estimates Australians will spend around $2 billion in celebration of Mother’s Day this year.
Of this, flowers will account for $200 million, while dining out will account for...
Retail bodies have welcomed the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision to drop the official cash rate by a quarter of a per cent to a historic low of 1.75 per cent.
ARA...
The Fair Work Ombudsman is urging businesses and workers to check the pay rates and entitlements that apply to their workplace over Easter.
Good Friday (March 25) and Easter Monday (March 28) are...
