The government makes a rare intervention into a Fair Work case that could see penalty rates scrapped for supermarket and ...

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt will oppose major retailers’ bid to let senior staff “buy out” penalty rates and ...

Aussie workers are calling on opposition leader Peter Dutton to pledge to protect penalty rates, following a push from big businesses to scrap them. In a submission to a Fair Work Commission ...

The federal government is pushing back against an attempt by big retailers, including Coles and Woolworths, to wind back ...

The federal Workplace Relations Minister will oppose a bid by retailers to cut penalty rates and entitlements, saying “workers’ wages should not go backwards”. The rare intervention from a ...

Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt says the plan, which would trade certain entitlements for a pay rise, would leave ...

The Federal Government is opposing a move by big retailers to scrap penalty rates for workers in exchange for a 25 per cent ...

A major union is calling on the Coalition to pledge support for retail workers’ penalty rates ahead of a Fair Work fight.

The government will add its heft to an argument against penalty rates being scrapped for supermarket and retail workers. The Australian Retailers Association has asked the Fair Work Commission to ...

A major union is calling on the Coalition to pledge support for retail workers’ penalty rates ahead of a Fair Work fight. In a submission to a Fair Work Commission review, the Australian ...

An attempt to wind back penalty rates has been opposed by the federal government, in a bid to protect workers' wages and rights. Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt will file a submission to ...

In a submission to a Fair Work Commission review, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has proposed allowing some staff to opt out of penalty rates, overtime, some allowances and rostering ...