Following the 5 year saga of the Karrinyup Lakes village where extreme bullying of residents and flouting building approvals was exposed, the WA Government has approved new laws that ban any person convicted of a serious offence, found involuntary insolvent or struck off as a company director. The tribunal powers have also been clarified on making orders to complete works promised to residents in contracts. In the Karrinyup Lakes case the operator, Moss Glades, was ordered to repay $545,000 and eventually went into liquidation.
Does this pass the pub test? Direct aged care workers awarded wages rises of up to 13.5% by Fair Work Commission – but indirect care workers only given up to 6.8%
Workers across residential aged care and home care will receive wages rises between 3.2% and 13.5% after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) determined on Friday that their work has historically been undervalued. The Stage 3 decision in the long-running...