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The news has been very full lately of a new threat to business that is not related to COVID-19. As welcome as different news may be, this development has caused a lot of undue concern and panic among small businesses across Australia, and this has included our members.  Before we... read more →

The Fair Work Commission has released its first decision detailing what it considered to be an unreasonable refusal to take annual leave under the recent changes to the Fair Work Act.  Those changes include the ability for an employer to request an employee to take annual leave and that the employee can... read more →

On Friday 17 March 2020, a National Baking Industry Association email address was hacked and used as part of a phishing scam. If you have received an email from this account with the subject IMPORTANT: COVID-19 important update, please ignore and delete it. The email will attempt to scam you... read more →

In light of the current economic hardship being experienced by all due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industrial Court of Queensland has relaxed the criteria for Applications for payment instead of taking long service leave (form 13). If an employee requests their long service leave as a gross payment, the... read more →

Dear BITA Apprentices and Employers, Following the advice of the Federal and Queensland governments, Baking Industry Training Australia has decided to continue all block release classes at the Morningside facility. Trainers, where possible, will also continue to assess students at their place of work.        20-24 April – Specialty Flour/Sweet Yeast... read more →

The offices for the National Baking Industry Association and Baking Industry Training Australia will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period. The office closure will commence at 5pm on 24th December 2019 and both the NBIA and BITA will re-open on 9am on Thursday, 2nd January 2020. Please submit all... read more →