Australian Hotels Association picked to help overhaul IR in accommodation sector
The federal government has appointed the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) to be the sector’s voice in two key working groups tasked with reforming industrial relations.
Federal Attorney General and Minister of Industrial Relations Christian Porter has been appointed to Chair five Working Groups to cover Award simplification; Enterprise agreement making; Casual and fixed-term employment; Greenfields projects; and Compliance and enforcement.
The AHA will collaborate with the Award Simplification and Compliance and Enforcement Working Groups. National CEO Stephen Ferguson will represent the association on the Award Simplification Working Group, while Philip Ryan, (AHA Director Legal and Industrial Affairs) will attend the Compliance and Enforcement Working Group.
“For decades the AHA, and its subsidiary Tourism Accommodation Australia, has shown itself to be the sector’s leader as a progressive and pragmatic peak industry organisation when it comes to industrial relations,” said Ferguson.
“On behalf of our membership and the more than 1,000,000 people working in the hospitality and tourism industry, we welcome the opportunity to contribute to a process that may deliver the most meaningful reform in decades.
“With much of our industry’s workforce employed under the Hospitality Award, the AHA is heavily invested in ensuring we get this right, for the long-term benefit of employers, employees and the broader economy.”
Sheridan Randall, 16th June 2020
