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24.01.2021
Super Retail Group returns $1.7m from jobkeeper amid calls for Harvey Norman to follow suit
The federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has welcomed Super Retail Group’s decision to voluntarily return $1.7m of wage subsidies to the Australian government, while Labor has called for other rebounding retailers to follow its lead. Super Retail Group – ...
24.01.2021
Flexibility set to be key battleground issue as employers push for office return
Experts say 2021 will be a battle for flexibility as the gap between employee and employer expectations begins to widen. While 2020 was the year of flexible working, business leaders have their sights set on bringing employees back into the office, ...
17.01.2021
“Very positive”: Toyota wins praise as it pays back $18 million in JobKeeper subsidies
A decision by Toyota to give back more than $18 million worth of JobKeeper payments has been described as “very positive” by one corporate law expert, as the company strives to live up to its responsibilities as a corporate citizen. Toyota president and ...
17.01.2021
Taiwanese students allegedly underpaid
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action in the Federal Court against operators of the ’85 Degrees’ café brand, alleging young Taiwanese students who worked in Sydney were underpaid under the guise of a purported internship arrangement. The FWO ...
07.01.2021
Will new labour laws ‘accelerate the surge’ of insecure work?
The 2020 recession has left casual and part-time workers more vulnerable to economic shock than permanent and full-time employees. However, recovery for those in non-standard jobs this year won’t exactly be easy, considering the proposed changes to ...
07.01.2021
Senate committee to deliver report on underpayment of Australian workers in 2021
Unions Tasmania says civil penalities for wage theft need to be implemented and a new Industrial Court established to help stamp out the behaviour. In a submission to a Senate inquiry on unlawful underpayment of employees’ remuneration, Unions Tasmania ...
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