According to a briefing given to Federal Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter, the Morrison Government is expected to establish a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme in early 2020. Although the 2019/2020 budget allocation for the Fair Work Ombudsman to establish a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme comes into effect on...
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The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has considered how overtime and penalty rates should be applied in respect of casual nurses under the Nurses Award 2010 after the ANMF argued the Commission should not have approved an enterprise agreement because not all employees were better off overall. In...
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On 30 May 2019, the Fair Work Commission delivered its annual minimum wage decision, raising the National Minimum Wage by 3.0% to $740.80 per week or $19.49 per hour , from 1 July 2019. This represents an increase of $21.60 per week, or 56 cents per hour. The 3.0% also...
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The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has split over when an agreement is “made” and whether bargaining can continue or must re-start if the Commission refuses to approve it. This arose in the context of an appeal against Commissioner McKinnon’s decision to refuse a scope order application by...
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The Fair Work Commission has delivered its annual minimum wage decision, raising it by 3.5% to $719.20 a week or $18.93 an hour, from 1 July 2018. The various rates across modern awards will also be increased. The $24.30 a week rise is well below the $50 sought by the...
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