by Frederica | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
2nd April 2020 Background For a period of over one year the employee suffered from a series of “health events” which resulted in him collapsing unconscious at work for up to five minutes. On one occasion he sustained a further injury when he hit his head whilst...
by Frederica | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
2nd April 2020 The Federal Government has announced that new legislation is currently being drafted which aims to introduce a new offence and penalty regime, with potential criminal sanctions for the most serious forms of misconduct. It is expected that the new...
by Frederica | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
AMIC has recently received calls seeking advice on the Support for Adult Australian Apprentices (SAAA) incentive payment for the employer of an adult apprentice. In both cases the members were seeking a retrospective payment which was time consuming, frustrating and a...
by Frederica | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
AMIC has recently been made aware of an employee who was ordered to back pay his school based apprentice overtime. The apprentice worked one full day during school terms and a few extra hours on other days. He never worked enough hours in a day nor in a week to be...
by Frederica | Mar 12, 2020 | AMIC News, Media Release
12 March 2020 – With the details of the Government Coronavirus stimulus package now released, the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) welcomes the package and the impact that it will have on the already struggling post farm gate meat industry. AMIC CEO Patrick...
