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15.11.2020
JobMaker hiring credit given green light despite ongoing concerns
A Senate committee has recommended that the JobMaker hiring credit legislation be passed, despite concerns over its narrow eligibility and lack of protection for older workers. Labor believes the wage subsidy will do little to incentivise employers to ...
15.11.2020
Idameneo back-pays workers over $15 million
A major national medical centre operator, Idameneo (No 123) Pty Ltd, has back-paid employees $15.3 million and entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). Idameneo (No 123) Pty Ltd has provided medical centre ...
15.11.2020
Industrial award system ‘out of control’
The chairman of Woolworths has apologised for a $500 million staff underpayment scandal. Gordon Cairns said that the “out of control” industrial award system is partly to blame for the underpayment, according to a report by The Australian Financial ...
08.11.2020
WHSmith repays more than $2.2 million to underpaid workers
WHSmith has paid back more than $2.2 million it owed to workers who were underpaid, and has agreed to an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after failing to provide employees the entitlements they were owed. As of the beginning of ...
08.11.2020
National Library signs Enforceable Undertaking
The National Library of Australia has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying employees almost $250,000 in wages and superannuation. The public Commonwealth entity, based in Canberra, self-reported to ...
08.11.2020
Accessing salaries in advance: Australian fintech secures $4m of Series A
Australian fintech Beforepay has today announced the successful completion of its AU$4 million Series A capital raise. The round, which closed in nine days and was oversubscribed, brings the total amount raised this year to over AU$6 million. The AU$4m ...
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