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Retailers’ attempt to rob young workers of pay defeated
A peak retail employers’ representative body has again failed in its attempt to deny 20-year-old workers increases in pay first awarded by the Fair Work Commission in March this year, with the Court today ruling in favour of retail workers. The Full Federal Court today dismissed the National Retailers Association’s second attempt to stop 20-year-old workers being paid the
FWC rules in favour of younger workers
The Fair Work Commission has today recognised the inequity of paying younger workers less than the full adult rate, ruling in favour of paying 20 year old retail workers 100 per cent pay. The case in the Commission, brought by the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) on behalf of younger workers, looked at paying 20 year old workers
SDA BEGINS MASSIVE DEFENCE OF PENALTY RATES AND OVERTIME
The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ (SDA) Union has lodged its submissions in reply to twelve employer applications which seek to remove or reduce more than twenty-five penalty and overtime entitlements for retail, fast food and hairdressing employees, as part of the two year review of Modern Awards. National Secretary Joe de Bruyn said today that this was just
Younger workers ramp up campaign for full pay as FWC case gets underway
More than 41,000 younger retail workers across the country could receive pay increases of almost $2 an hour, if the campaign for 100% pay for 18-20 year old workers beginning in the Fair Work Commission today is successful. The landmark Fair Work Commission hearing into altering the General Retail Award to ensure 20-year-old retail workers are paid the full
Younger workers look to government to back full pay for 18+ year olds
Australia’s younger workers are today looking to the Federal Government to show its support for them by committing to support payment of full adult rates for 18-20 year olds. Young workers will converge on Parliament House in Canberra today to launch the 100% Pay at 18+campaign – a campaign aimed at achieving fair pay for workers aged 18 and
