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 | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
In July this year, an AMIC member rang for advice on an employer’s obligations in relation to the closure of their business and redundancy. The business and AMIC worked closely to ensure all staff received their appropriate severance and entitlements. During the...
by Frederica | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2016 the Meat Industry Award 2010 was varied to allow for cashing out, which is contained in subclause 37.9. Prior to this decision cashing out was only allowed if the person was award free (such as persons engaged to undertake managerial duties and...
