Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has welcomed news that Fair Work Australia has dismissed a Union appeal against the decision, made in June, to vary the National Retail Award.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has welcomed news that Fair Work Australia has dismissed a Union appeal against the decision, made in June, to vary the National Retail Award.
In June Fair Work Australia acknowledged that the Gillard Government’s Retail Award 3 hour minimum was unfair for regional students.
Mr Tehan said after two years it was welcome relief for students, their families and small retail businesses in regional and rural Australia who had been suffering for two years as a result of the Gillard government’s blanket ruling on the minimum shift in the retail award.
“This is a great win for rural and regional communities, and particularly those who have been fighting for fairness in the retail award such as Matthew Spencer and Leticia Harrison who used to work at the Terang Co-Op after school.
“This ruling means that students will be able to work for an hour and a half after school, instead of the minimum of three hours that just wasn’t an option for students in the country.
“It is a real credit to those people who have fought for this change, and I congratulate them on their amazing efforts to bring fairness to this issue.
“The courage that Leticia and Matthew have shown through this matter is outstanding. They stood up to industrial lawyers and had the strength of their convictions to fight for what they knew was right – a fair go for students to work after school.
“Thanks too must go to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) who have taken up the fight to have these silly laws overtaken.”
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