High-end restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal has allegedly underpaid staff by $4 million. Our research finds wage theft is accepted as the industry norm.
Australia’s Fairwork Ombudsman found wage theft in 45% of its audits In food services.
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Echoes of WorkChoices? The Coalition is keen to avoid any whiff of the failed policy, but some of the Productivity Commission’s recommendations have a strong flavour of it.
Cafe workers are among many that stand to lose Sunday penalty rates.
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The Productivity Commission appears to want to steer public debate on the minimum wage in a particular direction.
Should we continue to increase the minimum wage, or are there more effective ways to protect low income earners?
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Shortly the Fair Work Commission will announce their decision on the minimum wage for 2013. This will be based on its own research and balancing the claims of employers, unions and others. The ACTU is…