Tag Archive: Penalty Rates

HSA wins penalty rates case with FWC!

January 10, 2020 12:18 am Published by admin

In a massive win for HSA, the Fair Work Commission has rejected Hair and Beauty Australia’s (HABA) bid to slash penalty rates for hair and beauty workers.

What you need to know about your payslip

November 18, 2019 3:11 am Published by admin

Wage theft is very common in the hair and beauty industry – there are so many small businesses run by employers who don’t know the full extent of the law, who don’t have fancy accounting software, or who straight up just exploit their staff and hope to get away with it.

Penalty Rate Hearing Continues at Fair Work

September 4, 2019 4:07 am Published by admin

HSA has challenged the proposal to cut penalty rates for hair stylists at the Fair Work Commission, with the hearing set to conclude this week.

HSA attends Fair Work’s Hair Stylists’ Penalty Rates hearing

August 28, 2019 11:21 pm Published by admin

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.

Hair stylists speak out to protect penalty rates

June 27, 2019 10:00 am Published by admin

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.

HABA submits proposal to cut penalty rates

March 20, 2018 12:25 am Published by admin

Hair And Beauty Australia (HABA) have submitted their proposal to reduce penalty rates to the Fair Work Commission

Fair Work to review Hair and Beauty Penalty Rates

September 3, 2017 12:56 am Published by admin

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.