Maddie is a General Manager at Continental, a Holiday Resort in the South West: Workplace Law Assignment, SIM, Singapore

Assignment Specification:

Maddie is a general manager at Continental, a holiday resort in the South West of WA. Maddie is currently employed pursuant to a collective agreement. She recently joined the Hospitality Union, a federally registered union, to learn more about rights at work. At that time, Maddie lodged a complaint with the union about her current annual wage package being below industry standard and some of her duties not being commensurate with her role as general manager.

Her union representative was concerned and seeks to inspect Continentals books to ensure Maddie is being correctly paid. Continental has recently been targeted for takeover by an international resort company, Beaugard. In an effort to increase profit and prepare for the merger Continental has developed strategies involving reducing the number of staff rostered per shift. This involves the number of staff having their overall hours reduced while their workload has increased.

Staff is also being asked to perform different duties to compensate for the reduced staff. Maddie is concerned that her hours have been reduced while those of some of her subordinates have not and she feels this is because of her recent Union membership and activity.

1. Advise Continental whether Maddie has any legislative basis to lodge a complaint regarding her reduced working hours.
2. Advise the Union whether their representative has any right to enter Continental’s premises, and if so, on what conditions.
3. Would your advice be different if Maddie was employed under an award?