Employment and Labor Law

Reducing penalty rates: the beginning of the end?

Author: Andrew Shute, Partner, Lara Radik, Senior Associate and Seone Woolf, Solicitor 

In a recently published decision, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has decided to reduce Sunday and Public Holiday penalty rates in modern awards covering the retail and hospitality industries by between 25 – 50%. In addition, the FWC has proposed some variations to early and late night work penalty rates under certain awards.

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