Tag: Fair Work Commission

New domestic violence factsheet for SMEs

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has released a new factsheet on domestic violence for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The release coincided with White Ribbon Day last Friday. White Ribbon...

Australian SMEs have say in policy-making

A Small Business Association of Australia (SBAA) summit this week aimed to provide a framework for a level playing field for Australian SMEs, with those attending given the opportunity for input in...

ARA proposes 1.2 per cent minimum wage increase

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...

Sunday penalty rates reduced

The Fair Work Commission has reduced Sunday Penalty Rates from double time to time-and-a-half. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA), the Master Grocers Association (MGA), the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) and national retailers...

FWC considers penalty rates alternatives

Weekend penalty rates could be replaced by a ‘loaded’ hourly rate that would be negotiated between the worker and their employer. In an address to the Australian Financial Review Retail Summit this week,...

Fair Work Commission increases minimum wage

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has announced an increase of 2.4 per cent in the national minimum wage (NMW) rate to $672.70 a week, a decision that will affect the over 1.86...

ARA calls for penalty rate reductions and card consistency

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is confident the evidence it has presented to the Fair Work Commission will see a reduction in Sunday penalty rates in the retail sector. The ARA and the...
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