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The Fair Work Commission’s Four Yearly Review of Modern Awards has moved onto the issue of Annual leave. As was experienced in the transitional review of modern awards last year, there is considerable interest from employers in reforming the currently inefficient arrangements for taking,…
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has decided to reduce the penalty rate payable to casual restaurant staff on Sundays from 75% to 50% of the ordinary award wage. In a majority decision, the Commission decided that: “a 50% Sunday penalty rate is generally appropriate for employees…
Compulsory Superannuation Guarantee contrbutions will increase to 9.5% of ordinary time earnings on 1 July 2014 and remain at that level until 30 June 2018. The decision to alter the schedule of increased contributions to 12% of ordinary time earnings follows the failure of the Senate to pass…
The Fair Work Commission has published it’s first Quarterly Report listing the action taken to address complaints of workplace bullying. The Report covers the period 1 January to 31 March 2014. There were 151 complaints of workplace bullying filed with the Fair Work Commission. 28 of those…