MODERN AWARDS – 4 yearly review – s.156 Fair Work Act 2009 – on 23 February 2017 the Penalty Rates Full Bench issued a decision dealing with the weekend and public holiday penalty rates, and some related matters, in a number of awards in the Hospitality and Retail sectors (the Penalty Rates decision) [[2017] FWCFB 1001] – on 5 June 2017 the Full Bench issued the Penalty Rates – Transitional Arrangements decision [[2017] FWCFB 3001] which dealt with the implementation of the Penalty Rates decision including the determination of various transitional arrangements – Chapter 8 of the Transitional Arrangements decision set out a list of award specific matters that remained outstanding – parties were directed to make submissions by Friday, 28 July 2017 – applications to vary were received from four organisations – Clubs Award – application by Clubs Australia to merge the Registered and Licensed Clubs Award 2010 and Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010 has been allocated a new matter number (AM2017/39) and will be referred to the Full Bench constituted to deal with a claim by Clubs Australia in relation to public holidays – Hair and Beauty Award – application seeking to vary penalty rates in the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2010 has been allocated a new matter number (AM2017/40) and will be referred to a Full Bench (Catanzariti VP, Asbury DP and Lee C) for hearing and determination – Pharmacy Award – in a submission filed on 1 August 2017 the Pharmacy Guild of Australia stated that it is not pressing any claim to vary these penalty rates – Restaurant Award – application to vary the Restaurant Industry Award 2010 seeking to vary Sunday penalty rates for all full-time and parttime employees and for Level 3 to 6 casual employees has been allocated a new matter number (AM2017/42) and will be referred to a Full Bench (Hatcher VP, Catanzariti VP and Lee C) – Retail Award – application by the Australian Retailers Association to vary clause 30.3(c) of the General Retail Industry Award 2010 in respect of the Sunday rate applicable to shiftworkers and claim by Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association in respect of Saturday and late night rates for casual employees have been allocated a new matter number (AM2017/43) and will be referred to a Full Bench in due course. 4 yearly review of modern awards – Penalty rates
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