Sentences with phrase «holiday penalty rates»

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The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.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

Some of the changes being proposed with respect to the Employment Standards Code include: the introduction of new unpaid, job - protected leaves, decreased eligibility thresholds for existing unpaid, job - protected leaves, increasing the rate at which overtime may be banked, changes to the eligibility and calculation of overtime in the context of compressed work weeks, the introduction of additional employee rest periods, changes to the eligibility and calculation of general holiday pay, amendments to youth employment, the introduction of additional notice requirements in the context of group termination notices, and new enforcement tools to deal with non-compliant employers, including introduction of an administrative penalty system.