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What Does “Base Rate of Pay” Really Mean? Fair Work Commission Full Bench Clarifies Allowances, Enterprise Agreements and Award Rates
Semenikow v Express Freighters Australia [2026] FWCFB 229
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THIS IS AN ORGANISING ISSUE
There is an old principle in worker advocacy that remains as relevant today as ever: One employee has a problem. One hundred employees have an issue. One thousand organised employees have a voice. That is what QPOA intends to build. We do not want prison officers sitting at home individually trying to decipher years of payroll records while wondering whether everyone else is experiencing the same problem. We want to identify the patterns. We want to understand the scale. We w
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