Hire firm used ‘below award’ business model for decades: ruling

David Marin-GuzmanWorkplace correspondent

Updated Dec 21, 2023 – 4.42pm, first published at 4.21pm

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An arm of the country’s largest listed labour-hire company, PeopleIN, has been revealed as paying thousands of staff below award wages for decades by using a loophole in workplace laws.

A full bench of the Fair Work Commission on Thursday axed the 20-year zombie agreement of PeopleIN subsidiary AWX after noting the agreement’s inferior conditions had underpinned the firm’s business model since 2004.

David Marin-Guzman writes about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney. Connect with David on Twitter. Email David at david.marin-guzman@afr.com