by Ben Desir, Workplace Advisor, NRA Legal After a lengthy application process, Swedish fashion retailer, H&M has had their proposed national enterprise agreement rejected by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) after failing to pass the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT). The agreement, which proposed to trade lower weekend and public holiday penalty rates for higher […]
Regional Australia will soon be home to the Swedish fashion house H&M, with the company showing no signs of slowing down its’ Aussie takeover. Since entering the market H&M have opened 10 stores in major cities like Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The mega-chain is to open stores in Wollongong and Toowoomba by the end of […]
The spotlight is shining bright on fashion but for all the wrong reasons with a consistent flow of reports over the past 6 months of clothing companies failing to pay their overseas manufacturing workers enough to meet their basic needs, with a handful of companies accused of slave labour. Increased risk of child labour and […]