WAGE PAYMENT SYSTEMS – AUSTRALIA

Penalty rates keep shops shut

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Original article by Angela Pownall
The West Australian – Page: 9 : 27-Jan-15

Public holiday penalty rates prompted many Perth retailers and restaurants to remain closed on 26 January 2015. Sorrento Restaurant in Northbridge is among those that opted to trade on Australia Day, but proprietor Fiona Dilanzo says this was only due to a 10 per cer surcharge that was imposed on customers. The Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Western Australia favours a single penalty rate for working on public holidays and weekends

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SORRENTO RESTAURANT, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INCORPORATED), LOT 20, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN HOTELS ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

Call to keep lid on wage claims

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Original article by Mathew Dunckley
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 9-Jan-15

Coles, Woolworths and Billabong International are among the Australian retailers that will negotiate new workplace agreements in 2015. Other sectors in which enterprise agreements are due to be renegotiated include banking, insurance and telecommunications. Kate Carnell, the CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, notes that companies in many sectors cannot afford to grant pay rises that exceed the CPI

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WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, COLES GROUP LIMITED, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, BILLABONG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED – ASX BBG, DAVID JONES LIMITED, SUPER RETAIL GROUP LIMITED – ASX SUL, PROUDS JEWELLERS PTY LTD, LUXOTTICA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, DAN MURPHY’S, BIG W DISCOUNT STORES, SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED – ASX QBE, INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX IAG, MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED – ASX MPL, CSL LIMITED – ASX CSL, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, HEALTHSCOPE LIMITED – ASX HSO, CSL LIMITED – ASX CSL, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIAN RETAILERS ASSOCIATION, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, ACTU

Leverage from two-tier wages

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 14 : 17-Oct-14

The new enterprise agreements for warehouse staff at Coca-Cola Amatil and Woolworths provide for new employees to be paid lower wages than existing staff. The new agreement for staff at Woolworths’ distribution facility in Brisbane includes a four per cent pay rise for current employees, higher annual leave loadings and an increase in loadings for shift workers

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COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED – ASX CCL, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, HOLDING REDLICH, AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE

ATO sights on partners with guide to income-splitting rights and wrongs

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Original article by Katherine Towers
The Australian – Page: 31 : 5-Sep-14

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued a new guidance note on the practice of splitting income from a discretionary trust. The structure is becoming increasingly popular among professionals such as law firm partners, after the deregulation of the legal services market. While conceding that the method is "legally permissible", the ATO says it will monitor whether risk reviews and audits may be required

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AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS

Appeal lost on Sunday rates

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Original article by Lucille Keen
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 27-Aug-14

The Federal Court of Australia has rejected a bid to overturn the Fair Work Commission’s ruling that penalty rates for hospitality workers should be reduced. The appeal was lodged by the United Voice union, after the Restaurant & Catering Association of Victoria and Australian Business Industrial succeeded in a bid to have Sunday penalty rates reduced. Many restaurant and cafe owners do not open on weekends due to high penalty rates

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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, RESTAURANT AND CATERING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA, RESTAURANT AND CATERING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, UNITED VOICE, AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL, GARFISH, NSW BUSINESS CHAMBER LIMITED

Ombudsman blasts award complexity

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Original article by Mathew Dunckley
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 23-Jul-14

Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman, Natalie James, believes that the industrial awards system remains too complex and employers find it difficult to understand. Many of the enquiries fielded by James’s office concern wage rates under the modern awards system. James says the Fair Work Commission’s review of industrial awards should ensure that in future all awards are consistent with the national employment standards

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN|AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION|AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT