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On Monday, August 26, HSA members, ambassadors, and other hairstylists took to the street outside the Fair Work Commission to protest the penalty rate hearing. It was a big step for the HSA, our first public event as a union, and we had a fantastic turnout. We also had support from the ETU, the SDA, […]

As part of our campaign to save hair stylists’ penalty rates from being slashed, HSA have launched a petition so members and hairdressers around Australia can support our cause. If you’re not in the know, Hair and Beauty Australia (HABA) have proposed to cut penalty rates for Sundays (From 200% to 250%) and public holidays […]

Our campaign to protect penalty rates picked up some serious steam this week. HSA member and Ambassador Vanessa Watts spoke to ABC News about the effect penalty rate cuts will have on her business, her colleagues, and her own job. Vanessa talked about the pressures of managing a busy salon, and the toll this can take […]

After cutting penalty rates for the retail, fast food, hospitality and pharmacy industries earlier this year, the Fair Work Commission has announced that penalty rates will also be reviewed for the hair and beauty industry. HABA has said they intended to submit a proposal, and are looking to cut the Sunday penalty rates from 200% […]

The Fair Work Ombudsman is set to audit 1600 hair and beauty salons across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, after it was revealed that over half of the industry is not complying with current workplace regulations. Acting Fair Work Ombudsman Michael Campbell said the campaign would take 12 months to complete. “The retail, hair and […]

Earlier this month, the NSW Government announced a proposal to remove the requirement for hair stylists to have a Certificate III qualification to work. This would have meant that anyone would be able to call themselves a hair stylist and open a salon. We know that there’s more to hairdressing just cutting hair, and hair […]

The New South Wales state government has put forward a proposal to scrap the Hairdressers’ Act 2003 as part of what has been labelled as a “spring clean” of outdated laws. HSA and other unions have come out sharply against the move, saying the deregulation will put the quality of hairstyling in NSW at risk. […]