Welcome to the first edition of the new look IR perspectives newsletter - a publication of Private Sector Industrial Relations covering workplace issues in Queensland.
Workplace Rights
Ombudsman a first for Queenslanders
The past four months have been a busy time for
Queensland’s first
Workplace Rights Ombudsman.
Christmas trading hours update
Large retail shops will close on Christmas Day
throughout Queensland, but will open for trade on
Boxing Day, 26 December, and New Year’s Day
in south-east Queensland and designated tourist areas.
Enforceable rights report
The evidence is in. Workers in the retail and hospitality
industries were hardest hit by the introduction of
the WorkChoices laws.
Low cost option
for breach of employment contract
Workers earning less than $101,300 per year who
are covered by the federal workplace relations system
will now have access to a low cost procedure to pursue
breach of employment contract claims.
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