Author: Brendon Zhu
Penalty Rates and the Independence of the Fair Work Commission
With the 2019 Federal Election looming and the timely Easter public holidays break now passed, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has reiterated his pledge to overrule the independent Fair Work Commission’s […]
2019 Federal Election snapshot
The time has come. Prime Minster Scott Morrison has announced the Federal Election for 18 May 2019. One thing is clear and that is that the outcome of the election […]
Update: Union continues campaign on converting casual employees
This week, during a Senate inquiry in Melbourne on the Fair Work Amendment (Right to Request Casual Conversion) Bill, the unions have continued their campaign for small businesses to be […]
Playing with fire: The real implications of Shorten’s proposal to reverse penalty rate decision
In May 2016 Bill Shorten said, speaking to the ABC, that a government proposing to legislate penalty rate outcomes was “playing with fire”.