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Modern Award strategy, AI in operations, casual workforce data, and the occasional rant about labour compliance in Australia.

Award rates

Annual Wage Review 2026: the new casual award rates, all in one place

The new minimum rates apply from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026. Here is the entry adult casual hourly rate for every award in MyGig's engine, plus the three things to fix in your payroll this month.

11 July 2026 · 6 min read

Compliance

Hospitality vs Restaurant vs Clubs: which award covers your venue?

Three awards cover Australian food-and-beverage venues, and picking the wrong one means every pay calculation that follows is wrong. A plain-English guide to the boundaries.

11 July 2026 · 5 min read

Compliance

Using labour hire in NSW: the 2026 due-diligence checklist

Hosts carry real risk when the supplier gets employment wrong. Seven checks to run on any labour hire or on-hire provider before their workers walk onto your site.

11 July 2026 · 5 min read

Workforce data

What a no-show really costs (it is not just the shift)

Our research put a number on the unfilled shift: $485 to $572 to put one 8-hour warehouse shift right, up to 78% more than the shift as planned. Here is where the money goes, and how to stop paying it.

11 July 2026 · 4 min read

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