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The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has this morning released the trend data they publish about every three months, aggregating wage information from agreements submitted to Fair Work Australia for approval. ...read more

Minimum wages in modern awards will increase by 3.4% from the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2011.  That means that minimum wages paid under modern awards will change from the full pay period that falls completely in July.  Employers are not required to split a pay period and use two different sets of rates to calculate wages for one pay period. ...read more

Fast food retailer Hungry Jack’s Pty Ltd has been fined $100,500 after underpaying almost 700 of its Tasmanian employees hundreds of thousands of dollars. ...read more