Are you being underpaid too?

Recent media articles have shown the spot light on dodgy operators within the hospitality industry underpaying workers.

One such article in The Age Victoria on 19 January 2016 alleges that a certain renowned Melbourne restaurant was paying its employees as much as $11.00 per hour and short-changed 6 foreign workers a total of $87,349.00 at a Sydney restaurant.

The owners of the restaurant now face significant penalties and public embarrassment.

Sadly, this appears to be a common occurrence.

On 25 June 2015 it was reported in Hospitality Magazine that the Fair Work Ombudsman found 456 businesses short-changed 2,752 workers over $1.215 million.

The award rate for an introductory full-time or part-time adult hospitality worker is currently $17.29 per hour.

This issue is not unique to the hospitality industry with many other workers in various industries being affected. For example, some may recall the media attention that 7-Eleven received toward the end of 2015 following the Fair Work Ombudsman’s investigation which found systemic underpayment of wages together with false-records.  More recently, the Sydney Morning Herald reported a story about alleged underpaying of employees of a private school in Sydney.

The Fair Work Ombudsman publishes pay guides that detail the minimum pay rates for full-time, part-time and casual employees in an award. In addition, the guides include the monetary allowances and the most frequently used penalty rates for each award class. See https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/minimum-wages/pay-guides#H.

Whether you are an employee or employer, it may be the case that there is a specific award rate that you are entitled to receive or required to pay by law.

If you need advice on whether you are being underpaid or are underpaying your employees, contact Kim Glassborow, Principal Lawyer at G&B Lawyers on M: 0481 287 528 or Katherine Edwards, Lawyer on M: 0401 175 934.

G&B Lawyers

Office: Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

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Introducing our new Lawyer Katherine Edwards of G&B Lawyers

G&B Lawyers is pleased to welcome a new lawyer to the Planning & Environmental legal team.

Katherine Edwards was formerly in-house legal counsel at Dial-A-Dump Industries, a major recycling and landfill company in Sydney. 

She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science from the University of Wollongong.

She has experience in dealing with:

·         All aspects of EPA work;  

·         Liaising with external stakeholders and regulators;

·         Assisting and managing work, health & safety issues;

·         Environmental investigations and compliance;

·         Assisting in litigation;

·         Conveyancing.

Katherine can be contacted on:

M: 0401 175 934

E: kedwards@gandblawyers.com.au

G&B Lawyers

Office: Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528 | 0401 175 934

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au | kglassborow@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

Industry leader in waste law (NSW) - G&B Lawyers

The Principal of G&B Lawyers, Kim Glassborow is a specialist planning & environmental lawyer who has spent years dealing with various different government agencies (EPA, local councils & Department of Planning & Infrastructure) and has a wealth of experience in the NSW waste management sector.

She presently advises many waste recycling companies on their legislative compliance and work, health and safety issues.

Kim advises developers and industry on issues relating to town planning, contaminated land, hazardous materials, environmental licensing, waste management and regulation, supply chain compliance and pollution incidents.

Kim also assists clients to obtain development and environmental licences and approvals, manage on-going environmental compliance, environmental incidents and all aspects of Land and Environmental Court litigation.

Kim has been retained by the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW to provide specialist legal advice to the Association and its members. 

She is regarded as a leading expert in waste law and has practical experience having worked in-house for a large recycling / landfilling Sydney company.

Office: Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001
M: 0481 287 528
E: info@gandblawyers.com.au | kglassborow@gandblawyers.com.au W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

Buying or selling a property with G&B Lawyers

Conveyancing at G&B Lawyers

The team at G&B Lawyers can assist with the buying or selling of property at competitive fixed price.

We will handle all parts of your conveyance to ensure that everything runs smoothly, attend settlement and report to you every step of the way.

We can also assist First Home Buyers with all the paperwork (if eligible for the First Home Buyers Grant).

We fix our legal fees to ensure that you know exactly what you have to pay at the end of the matter.

Contact the Principal of G&B Lawyers Kim Glassborow on 0481 287 528 for a quote.

G&B Lawyers

Office: Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528 | 0401 175 934

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au | kglassborow@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

Property & Projects

G&B Lawyers - Property & Projects 

G&B Lawyers are experts in getting Development Consents and property development.

Did you know that if Council refuses a Development Application (DA) you have a right of appeal to the Land & Environment Court.

Appealing your DA also includes DAs which have not been resolved by Council within a reasonable length of time.

The Land & Environment Court is a specialist court designed to hear and determine DA appeals involving all different types of development projects e.g. residential / commercial / industrial developments, childcare centres, retirement villages and waste depots (to name a few).

These DA appeals are not heard by Judges but specialist Commissioners who have practical experience with developments. 

Normally specialist lawyers appear for the parties to resolve the issues and run the hearing. 

In DA appeals you only have to pay your own lawyers fees, if you lose the appeal, who are not up for the winning side's legal fees.  In other courts, (Supreme & District) if you lose you will have to pay the other side's legal bill.  The rule in the Land & Environment Court is that each party pays their own legal costs.

G&B Lawyers has over 10 years experience in running DA appeals in the Land & Environment Court.

We have run all sorts of appeals, childcare centres, retirement villages, major commercial developments, residential flat buildings, recycling waste facilities, landfills, hotels / pubs, churches, shop top housing, hobby farm developments and horse training facilities to name a few.

Contact the team at G&B Lawyers for a obligation-free chat on 0481 287 528.

Office: Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au