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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The chief executives, who have pushed their case with both Labor and the Coalition, labelled penalty rates and the right to disconnect from work “out of kilter” with the rest of the world.

Murray Watt will dramatically intervene to oppose the push by major retailers to allow penalty rates to be traded off. Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt will dramatically intervene in the ...

Labor is vowing to save penalty rates for thousands of retail workers as part of their pledge to ease the cost of living. The federal government will file a submission today, opposing an ...