Employers will be expected to fork out higher penalty rates for casual retail workers following a review of the award by the Fair Work Commission, which will take effect in the lead-up to the Christmas shopping period.
Under its four-yearly review of all industry awards, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) examined the General Retail Industry Award 2010.
As part of the review, the Australian Retailers Association together with Master Grocers Australia applied to have the penalty rates for Sunday shiftwork reduced.
Meanwhile, the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) – the retail sector union – petitioned for an increase in the penalty rates for all ordinary hours on Saturdays as well as hours worked after 6pm Monday to Friday.
The FWC examined a range of factors, including the concentration of employees within the retail sector hired under the award, the size of the businesses reliant on these awards and demographics of retail employees, as well as the Productivity Commission report into workplace relations.
It ruled a staged reduction in Sunday penalty rates over the next three years, taking the rate from 1 November to 195 per cent for full and part-time employees and 220 per cent for casuals. That will ultimately fall to 170 per cent for full and part-timers and 200 per cent for casuals from 1 July 2020.
However, it was the ruling on weekday evening and Saturday penalty rates that was most controversial.
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