Fair Work Commission supports 10% pay rise for early childhood teachers
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Some early childhood teachers could soon receive a pay rise, after the Fair Work Commission handed down a decision supporting pay rises of up to 10% for teachers in early childhood education and care services.
The decision was made in response to a claim by the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) and is the result of an eight-year action by the NSW/ACT branch of the union.
If the pay rises are implemented, it is anticipated that approximately 12,000 early childhood educators in about 8000 long day care centres will benefit from the change.
Food delivery app Menulog will treat drivers as employees in Australia
Menulog s decision to treat delivery drivers as employees is a bold step for the gig economy.
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2021-04-12 09:49:15 UTC
Food delivery app Menulog will soon treat its Australian delivery drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, ditching the framework that its peers have stubbornly clung to for years. It s a massive change, and one that may have far-reaching implications.
Menulog s huge shift from a contractor model to an employee one was announced by managing director Morten Belling during the Senate Select Committee on Job Security s Monday hearing. The committee is currently conducting an inquiry into workers rights and wages in Australia s gig economy, among other issues.
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Recently, the Fair Work Commission ( the Commission )
handed down its decision on
Aimelyne Romeu v Quest Acquisitions No 2A Trust & Quest [2021]
FWC 272 (22 January 2021), a case where it had to determine
whether the dismissal of a visa-holding employee who was on
parental leave was a genuine redundancy.
The Facts of the Case
The Applicant, Ms Aimelyne Romeu, was in Australia on a working
visa and was employed by the Respondent, Quest Acquisitions No 2A
Trust & Quest Acquisitions No 2b Trust trading as Quest on
Chapel, which is an apartment hotel business located in
Victoria.
Romeu was employed by Quest on Chapel as a Business Development
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In Short
The Situation: The Federal Government has published its highly anticipated reform package to Australia s industrial relations ( IR ) framework. While less ambitious than some had expected, the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 (Cth) ( Bill ) is still the most significant IR reform proposal since the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ( FW Act ) was enacted over a decade ago.
The Proposed Reforms: The Bill sets out a targeted reform agenda, focussing on resolving recent confusion around the classification and payment of casual employees; enhancing the regime for resolving underpayment claims by introducing tougher civil and criminal penalties; providing additional flexibility in relation to working arrangements in response to COVID-19; facilitating agreements between part-time employees and their employers to work additional hours; and streamlining Australia s enterprise bargaining process. Each noteworthy in its own right, cumulatively