Tag: wages

FWO cracks down on false employment records

The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against the former operator of a United Petroleum outlet in Brisbane, alleging he provided an Inspector with falsified records. Navaneeth Gogikar, who formerly operated a...

KPMG Retail Health Index indicates stalled recovery for retail sector

The latest KPMG Australia Retail Health Index (RHI) indicates the road to recovery for Australia’s embattled retail sector has stalled, with positive health not forecast until September 2025. Between the December quarter 2023...

Retailers respond to SDA’s Fair Work Commission bid on junior wage rates

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) says the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association’s (SDA) latest bid to launch a Fair Work Commission (FWC) case to abolish junior rates for workers aged between...

FWC announces 3.75% increase to National Minimum Wage in Annual Wage Review

The Fair Work Commission announced on 3 June a 3.75 per cent increase to the National Minimum Wage and minimum award wages. The increase applies from the first full pay period starting...

Wages across Australian SMEs drop

Wages in Australia’s SME sector have declined month-on-month (MoM) for the first time in six months, according to the latest Employment Hero SME Index. The monthly median hourly rate decreased by 0.3% from October...

Supabarn offers on-demand wage access

Independent grocery chain Supabarn is offering workers immediate access to their earned wages and is believed to be the first supermarkets in Australia to do so. Utilising payroll technology platform Paytime, employees are...

No small business owner should ever be called a “wage thief”

Media Release January 16, 2020 Protecting small business owners from the risk of underpayment is the aim of an Australian-first service launched by Employsure, Australia's leading outsourced HR provider. Developed specifically to help small business...

Focus on wages will be even stronger in 2018

Mark McKenzie CEO Mark McKenzie is CEO of ACAPMA. He has 30 years of varied experience in private and public-sector roles, with much of this time spent addressing strategic issues and public policy for...
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