Sentences with phrase «sunday penalty rates»

With the business community keenly awaiting the industrial empire's decision on penalty rates, Premier backed the Productivity Commission's call for Sunday penalty rates in retail to be scrapped in favour of a lower, «weekend» penalty rate.

The Australian Retailers Association has called for Sunday penalty rates to be halved to reflect the demands of the modern retail environment.

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The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.

Colin Barnett says he would like to see penalty rates cut for casual small business employees on Sundays and public holidays, but lift the base rate for standard hours.

The award includes penalty rates of 150 per cent on public holidays, 50 per cent on Sundays and 25 per cent on Saturdays.

That's according to new analysis by Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Simotas, who said a review of Domino's wage agreement shows the pizza franchisor's current agreement expired in June 2013, and does not pay the penalty rates stipulated in the award covering the fast food sector, including loadings for work after 9 pm Monday to Friday, and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

This is the Turnbull government that's stood by and done absolutely nothing when it comes to ensuring that workers» penalty rates for working on Sundays in retail and hospitality industries are protected.