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Queensland café employee unfairly sacked for not using ‘smiley emojis’ The Fair Work Commission (FWC) held that a supervisor at a Queensland coffee franchise was unfairly sacked, after her boss [...]

Timetable for award wage increases The 2022 national minimum wage increase recently handed down has, for many industries, increased minimum award wages from the first full pay period on or after [...]

Labour seeks path to increase superannuation contributions to 15% The Albanese Labour Government is using one of its key policy platforms of ‘ensuring dignity and security in [...]

The Fair Work Commission has today, 15 June 2022, handed down the 2022 minimum wage review increasing the national minimum wage, and all award wages under $869.60 per week by a whopping 5.2%. [...]

Disastrous: Managing Employees in Natural Disasters The bush fires across the country may trigger employee entitlements, under the NES or their award. Such as annual, personal, community service, [...]

Senate to conduct inquiry into wage theft The Senate has approved a wide-ranging inquiry into wage and superannuation “theft” by employers, despite the Morrison Government arguing it [...]

Record high for general protections claims in 2018-19 According to the Fair Work Commission’s (Commission) annual report, general protections claims reached a record high in 2018-19 of more than [...]

When will an employee’s poor performance constitute misconduct?  The Fair Work Commission has considered the above question in an unfair dismissal  claim brought by an employee with 8 years’ [...]

Could you be inadvertently underpaying your staff award allowances/penalties etc like Shangri-La and Michael Hill ? Sydney’s Shangri-La has recently admitted it underpaid staff an estimated [...]

*Minimum wage increase* effective 1 July 2019 A reminder that the 3.0% minimum wage increase will be in effect as of 1 July 2019. Modern awards were updated on 20 June 2019 to provide for the [...]