Holding staff functions, including staff Christmas Parties can sometimes cause unintended grief despite the best of intention from the Employer. A staff party or a Christmas Party whether held in the workplace or in an external third party venue is deemed to be an employer organised event and has the associated employer responsibilities. Please see […]
CONTINUE READINGUnder the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 trading hours have been extended for New Year’s Eve. If you are the holder of a licence type listed below you are permitted to trade until 1am on January 1, 2018. on-premises late night (on-premises) general (for consumption on the licensed premises) late night (general) (for consumption on the licensed premises) […]
CONTINUE READINGThe following information has been extracted from the Victorian Government Public Holiday website. The information is correct as at the date of this bulletin. The following Victorian Public Holidays are Public Holiday penalty payment days in accordance with the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010. Event Date New Years Day Monday 1 January Australia Day Friday […]
CONTINUE READINGTo all AHA (Vic) and TAA (Vic) members, This year, with Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday, we advise members to be aware of your respective liquor licence conditions regarding hours of trade. With consideration to the following day being a Public Holiday, you may wish to consider trading beyond your current Sunday licensed period, […]
CONTINUE READINGAll of Victoria is entitled to the Melbourne Cup public holiday unless an alternate local holiday has been arranged by non-metropolitan municipality. The Victorian Government have recently updated the non-metropolitan and alternate race day public holiday schedule as detailed below. Members are reminded of the above forthcoming public holiday. The Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010 provides the following arrangements […]
CONTINUE READINGAt the start of the daylight saving period (2am Sunday 1 October 2017), move your clocks forward one hour: Sunday, 1 October 2017, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to become Sunday, 1 October 2017, 3:00:00 am local (Victorian) daylight time instead. The Liquor Licensing rule is: 1. Adjust the clock per the […]
CONTINUE READINGThe revised AHA (Vic) Constitution is available below for members to review and for consideration at the 169th Annual General Meeting on 10 October 2017. Constitution and Rules Australian Hotels Association (Victorian Branch)
CONTINUE READINGMembers are advised that as required by the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act, the 2016/17 financial statements of the Australian Hotels Association (Victoria) are now available and can be viewed via the below link. 2016/17 Australian Hotels Association (Victoria) Financial Statement The accounts of the Australian Hotels and Hospitality Association Inc. are also available below. […]
CONTINUE READINGMembers are reminded that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) powers of enforcement over the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Act 2016 come in to operation for all merchants from 1st September 2017. Important merchant consideration include: The Act prohibits a merchant from passing on excessive surcharges to their customers, with the ACCC given authority to […]
CONTINUE READINGMembers who employ staff under the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010 (HIGA 2010) are reminded of the forthcoming public holiday and arrangements under that award. The forthcoming award public holiday is for the whole of Victoria: Grand Final Eve Friday 29 September 2017 The HIGA provides the following arrangements for the public holidays listed above: […]
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