Blog

Mar 27

Changes to Long Service Leave

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 →
Mar 20

Update to all BITA Apprentices and their Employers

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 →
Mar 11

COVID19 – Coronavirus By Any Other Name…

Now that we all have enough toilet paper to last us through to the Rapture, hopefully we can all sit and relax and get some serious planning done for the worst possible case scenario.  What is the "Worst Case Scenario"? The Biosecurity Act 2015 grants the Federal Health Minister virtually unlimited... read more →
Dec 09

NBIA Christmas Hours and Office Closure

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 →
May 27

Are You Ready For Nutritional Labelling?

The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code of labelling and compositional standards for bread and bakery products can be complex and confusing. However, the NBIA now offers members free assistance with compliance of Nutritional Labelling. We can now verify that your labels are compliant or generate a legally compliant label... read more →