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31.01.2021
New minimum wages from 1 Feb 2021 for these awards
The new minimum wages will start in the following awards from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 February 2021. Air Pilots Award Aircraft Cabin Crew Award Airline Operations-Ground Staff Award Airport Employees Award Alpine Resorts Award ...
31.01.2021
The daily commute: Fair Work Commission accepts that role with additional travel time was acceptable redeployment employment
Employers have long known that they are obliged to try to find new employment opportunities for employees who are faced with the redundancy of their current role. This might include redeployment within the employer or its related companies, or finding ...
24.01.2021
“Targeted, bespoke stimulus”: SME advocates push for hospitality-only JobKeeper
Small business advocates are urging the federal government to rethink JobKeeper for industries still affected by COVID-19, including hospitality, in the final months before the wage subsidy ends. Restaurant and Catering Industry Association of Australia ...
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 ...
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