The Fair Work Commission has ruled that hundreds of labour hire employees, on-hired to Woolworths, are not entitled to the backpay that their directly-employed colleagues received after voting up a new enterprise agreement with a 'same pay' clause.
Recent and upcoming legislative changes require HR professionals to carefully review existing and template employment contracts to mitigate their risk of non-compliance, a workplace lawyer stresses.
The Fair Work Commission has issued its first 'same job, same pay' order, which will potentially result in pay rises of up to $20k for covered workers.
Recognition for frontline staff "doesn't need to be tied up with bureaucracy", according to a chief people leader now embarking on a major transformation and EVP project.
An employer that didn't directly underpay workers nonetheless should have reasonably known its franchisees were breaching the Fair Work Act, the Federal Court has ruled in fining it $1.44 million.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
