Grand Final eve public holiday: Victorian small businesses still opposed to “irrelevant” and “detrimental” day off
Eight years since Victoria introduced the AFL Grand Final eve public holiday, small businesses across the state are still unsure of its merits, claiming interrupted trade and an extra day of penalty rates will harm enterprises doing it tough.
Friday before the Grand Final public holiday: What Victorian businesses need to know
The Friday before the Grand Final public holiday in Victoria falls on September 29. Information on penalty rate entitlements and more.
IT and engineering employers will soon be on the hook for overtime and penalty rates thanks to a new Fair Work decision
Tech workers, engineers, and medical researchers on the Professional Employees Award will soon be granted penalty rates for work conducted outside of ordinary hours.
A new public holiday to honour Queen Elizabeth II is a mixed bag for small businesses facing penalty rates and contracts
While welcoming the ability to mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth II, industry leaders fear for small businesses now unexpectedly balancing commitments to customers against the cost of penalty rate entitlements.
A closer look at what the government is doing to “confront the mess that is workplace relations”: Peter Strong
When it comes to workplace relations reform, "the mistake would be to try and fix all the issues in one go", says COSBOA chief Peter Strong.
Melbourne cafe fined more than $230,000 for deliberately underpaying 73 workers
Melbourne cafe Barry and its operators have been fined $232,545 after the Federal Circuit Court ruled they deliberately underpaid 73 employees by more than $180,000 over a period of 12 months.
Calombaris restaurant empire had $389 left in the bank before it collapsed
Calombaris' restaurant empire was almost broke before it entered administration after a wage theft scandal left the business without customers.
Workers found out about collapse of George Calombaris’ restaurants via Instagram: A lesson in crisis communications
Celebrity chef George Calombaris' handling of the collapse of his restaurant empire is a lesson for small businesses in how not to communicate with workers.
From Heston to Calombaris, these celebrity restaurant wage-theft scandals point to a bigger problem
The latest celebrity-chef-linked wage-theft scandals involving Heston Blumenthal and George Calombaris are the tip of the iceberg for wage exploitation in the hospitality industry.
Christmas public holidays: Your guide to retail trading this festive season
What days are public holidays this Christmas and when can retail shops open? Here's SmartCompany's state-by-state guide to Christmas public holidays.
Sunglass Hut to back pay part-time workers $2.3 million after turning itself in to the FWO
Sunglass Hut will back pay $2.3 million to its employees after admitting to underpaying individual workers by up to $42,912 in overtime wages.
Penalty rates on Christmas Eve as Queensland government creates half-day public holiday
Christmas Eve will be classified as a part-day public holiday in Queensland starting this year, meaning penalty rates will apply.
