Amendments to Fair Work Act to create new compliance issues for the franchising sector

Following a number of recent high profile cases involving franchisees breaching their obligations as employers, the Government introduced the Fair Work (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017. The Bill proposes amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to: introduce increasing civil penalty provisions of up to 600 penalty units ($108,000) for individuals or 3,000 penalty […]

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Penalty rate reductions: what you need to know

In a long awaited and much publicised decision issued last week, the Fair Work Commission reduced Sunday and Public Holiday penalty rates by between 25% and 50% in a number of modern awards in the retail and hospitality sectors. A brief overview of these reductions is described below. Sunday Penalty Rates Award Type of Employee […]

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