by Simon Obee | Aug 4, 2021 | Modern awards
At a time when Australia is celebrating the victories of its Olympic swimmers in Tokyo, the swimming industry has simultaneously been subject to the scrutiny of the courts regarding the application of the Fitness Industry Award to swimming coaches. The Fitness... 
by Simon Obee | Jul 21, 2021 | Modern awards
The Fair Work Commission has confirmed its provisional view (as reported in our previous article), to make sweeping changes to the Restaurant Industry Award from 11 August 2021. The changes are expressed as temporary changes and will operate for an initial period of... 
by Simon Obee | Jun 9, 2021 | Fair Work Commission, Modern awards
The Fair Work Commission has given a provisional view that it agrees to an application from the Restaurant & Catering Industry Association (RCA) to vary the Restaurant Industry Award. The changes were proposed as a way to help business in the sector with the... 
by Simon Obee | Mar 31, 2021 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Modern awards
The JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme ended at midnight on 28 March 2021. For employers who were receiving the subsidy this has a number of important consequences, some obvious, some less so: Employers must now pay employees’ wages without the assistance of the... 
by Simon Obee | Mar 16, 2021 | Fair Work Act, Modern awards, Redundancy
As an employment lawyer, I am often called upon to do presentations on “crazy clauses in modern awards”. Modern awards are, of course, a set of regulations based on the industry and/or occupation of the employee that dictate rights and obligations in the... 
by Simon Obee | Feb 18, 2021 | Employment Law, Fair Work Act, Modern awards
Last March new provisions were introduced into several modern awards dealing with “annualised wages” or “annualised salaries”. As we pointed out at the time, these new provisions contained an optional mechanism for an employer to pay a...