Find out the steps you have to take when you finish your apprenticeship to be become a fully qualified tradesperson.

On 1 October 2018 a new standard conversion clause was incorporated into 85 Awards, giving some casual workers the right to request full-time or part-time employment if they have worked certain, regular hours over a 12 month period.

Take a look at the resumes we have on record for plumbers and gas fitters who are looking for work.

The Fair Work Commission recently announced important changes to flexible work for workers across all industries Australia wide.

Last month in Cairns, while working on air-conditioning equipment in an elevated environment (like many plumbers who work on roofs and in roof cavities), an employee fell to his death at James Cook University (JCU)

Do you have casual employees? Have they been employed on regular and systematic hours? Read on as your business may need to review the type of employment arrangements that are in place.

Information on Job Vacancies in the Plumbing and Gas Industry. This includes School Based, Adult and regular Apprenticeships as well as fully licensed plumbing and gasfitting positions.

Members can complete the HR Health Check form to receive a free review of your employment practices, policies and procedures from the MPAQ Workplace Relations team.

The government announced recently that eligible COVID-19 impacted businesses would be entitled to claim a JobKeeper Payment Subsidy of $1,500 per nominated employee per fortnight. Employers will be required to provide information to the ATO on eligible employees. In part, the ATO will be using Single Touch Payroll data to obtain this information.

Find out at what point you are required to pay your apprentices and tradesperson wage.

Questions members have been asking and the advice MPAQ has received on how this lockdown and the restrictions across Queensland will affect our members and their businesses.

Where an annual salary is paid, the employer must advise the employee in writing, ideally through an employment contract, of what the total annual salary will be and detail which of the provisions of the Award are contained within the Annual salary.