WAGES – VICTORIA

Cash-in-hand security

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Original article by James Campbell, Matt Johnston
Herald Sun – Page: 8 : 7-Jul-20

The scandal over Victoria’s troubled hotel quarantine program continues to deepen. Written statements from several security guards allege that they were paid $22 cash per hour and no superannuation to work at the Crown Promenade Hotel when it was being used to quarantine returned travellers. They also allege that they were not provided with pay slips or asked to supply tax file numbers. They claim to have been hired by a security firm that was subcontracted by Unified Security.

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UNIFIED SECURITY GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, CROWN PROMENADE HOTEL, CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN

‘Footy Friday’ a $1bn hit for firms

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 3 : 27-Sep-16

An Australian Industry Group survey has found that the Victorian Government’s Australian Football League grand final eve public holiday will cost respondents an average of $A16,000 in revenue. PricewaterhouseCoopers has previously estimated that the total cost of the public holiday across the state economy would be between $A717 million and $A898m each year, while the increased wages bill would cost employers up to $A286m a year. Hazeldene’s Chicken estimates that public holiday penalty rates will increase its wages bill by around $A195,000.

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AUSTRALIA (INTERNATIONAL) PTY LTD, HAZELDENE’S CHICKEN FARM PTY LTD, COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Power ‘at risk’ over CFMEU dispute

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Original article by Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: 3 : 12-Jul-16

The Fair Work Commission has ruled in AGL Energy’s favour in a dispute with the Construction, Forestry, Energy & Mining Union. An interim order requires workers at AGL’s Loy Yang A power station in Victoria to resume normal working hours. AGL had alleged that the CFMEU’s ban on working overtime constituted unprotected industrial action. The dispute centres on the CFMEU’s wage claim, which would result in Loy Yang workers being paid an average of $A180,000 per year for a four-day working week.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, LOY YANG A

Estate agency paid worker $9 an hour

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Original article by Nick Toscano
The Age – Page: 13 : 8-Jul-16

The Fair Work Ombudsman’s office has received a complaint from an employee of a real estate agency in Hawthorn, Victoria, about being underpaid. The worker was paid $A9 an hour, or less than $A375 a week, while the national minimum wage is $A17.70 an hour, or $A672.70 a week. The ombudsman is also investigating a number of other cases of underpayment of wages.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN

Union goes power crazy

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Original article by Stephen Drill
Herald Sun – Page: 5 : 22-Jan-16

The 600 workers at AGL Energy’s Loy Yang power station and coal mine in Victoria are seeking a pay rise of 20 per cent over four years. The Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union’s log of claims includes paying employees for the time it takes to walk from the car park to their workstations. It is estimated that the proposed wage rise would increase the average worker’s salary to $A180,000 a year for a four-day working week.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA