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[2021] FWCFB 4513
FAIR WORK COMMISSION
Fair Work Act 2009
s.157–Application to vary or revoke a modern award
Australian Hotels Association
(AM2021/73)
JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT
DEPUTY PRESIDENT CLANCY
COMMISSIONER BISSETT
MELBOURNE, 27 JULY 2021
Application to vary modern award – insertion of loaded rates schedule – provisional view
[1] On 9 December 2020, the Commission received a letter from the Minister for Industrial Relations in which the Minister expressed the Government's view that:
'…in the extraordinary circumstances that have been caused by the COVID pandemic that it would be in Australia's economic best interest for the Fair Work Commission to use its powers under s.157(3)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) to undertake a process to ensure several priority modern awards in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic be amended. The process would be envisaged, if you considered it appropriate, to maintain a focus on key changes that could potentially support Australia's economic recovery. The Government would obviously provide every available assistance to ensure the timely and comprehensive conduct of this process.' 1
[2] The awards identified by the Minister as priority awards included the Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2020 (the Hospitality Award).
[3] Among the award flexibility measures that 'could prove critically important for providing businesses in the most distressed part of the economy with the confidence to increase hiring during the recovery' the Minister's letter identified:
'simplified pay arrangements in the form of 'loaded rates' and/or 'exemption rates' designed to reduce the cost of administrative burden and address concerns about perceived risks arising from existing pay rate complexities and complexity risks that may lead to, particularly small business, mistakenly underpaying employees.'
[4] On 10 December 2020, the President issued a Statement 2 commencing a process on the Commission's own motion (the Award flexibility–Hospitality and retail sectors matter).
[5] Parties with an interest in the Hospitality Award were directed to file any proposals for award variations and any other relevant comments (including any general principles to guide this process) by 4 pm on Wednesday 27 January 2021.
[6] On 27 January 2021, AHA filed a submission and draft determination seeking 4 separate variations in relation to the Hospitality Award as follows:
• Consolidation of junior employee classification rates into one stream
• Simplification of hours of work arrangements
• Simplification of late night and early morning penalties (to be paid on a pro rata basis)
• Introduction of six loaded rates.
[7] A conference was held on 4 February 2021 3 at which the Commission indicated that the following steps were to be undertaken:
• the Department would make inquiries as to whether the Commonwealth possessed any data in relation to how many employees there may be in each age group within particular streams of the Hospitality Award
• the Commission would develop a short survey instrument for the AHA to distribute to its members in order to ascertain how many employees there are in each age group within particular streams of the Hospitality Award
• the Commission would undertake a 'BOOT' analysis of aspects of the AHA's proposal, and
• the parties were to continue to engage in discussions.
[8] On 11 February 2021, the Commission published the terms of the draft survey for use by AHA. The survey was opened Thursday, 11 February for a period of two weeks.
[9] On 16 February 2021, the Commission provided AHA and the UWU with a BOOT analysis of AHA's loaded rates proposal.
[10] On 18 February 2021, a further conference was held in respect of the Hospitality Award. 4 During the conference the AHA and UWU confirmed that they continued to engage in discussions regarding the terms of the AHA proposal and requested a meeting with the Commissioner staff members who undertook the BOOT analysis for further discussions.
[11] On 3 March 2021, the Commission published an analysis of the survey as distributed by AHA to its members.
[12] On 4 March 2021, a further conference was held 5 during which the parties requested further time to continue discussions and submit draft determinations. The Commission also indicated that it would provide the parties with information concerning the award history of late night penalty provisions.
[13] On 19 March 2021, the Commission published an Information Note on late night/early morning penalties under the Hospitality Award.
[14] On 24 March 2021, AHA filed a draft determination in relation to the loaded rates proposal. This was subsequently amended on 25 March 2021.
[15] The AHA's draft determination was discussed at a conference held on 25 March 2021. 6 The Commission indicated that it would contact AHA to complete a further BOOT analysis of the proposal, following which the AHA was to file an application to amend the Hospitality Award.
[16] On 19 July 2021 the AHA filed an application to vary the Hospitality Award (the Application). The Application seeks to incorporate a new schedule to provide 'a simplified pay arrangement in the form of loaded rates to reduce administrative costs and risk arising from existing pay complexities.'
[17] A private conference was held on 22 July 2021 with the UWU and the AHA to discuss the terms of the Application.
[18] Arising from the discussion at the private conference a revised draft determination was sent to the parties after the conference. The AHA subsequently confirmed that it is seeking to vary the Hospitality Award in the terms of the revised variation determination.
2. Loaded Rates
[19] A loaded rate refers to a higher rate of pay intended to incorporate, in part or in whole, penalty rates and other monetary benefits for which separate provision is made in the applicable modern award. The loaded rate is then paid for all hours worked instead of certain penalty rates (such as the penalty rates for Saturday and Sunday work).
[20] The Commission has considered and provided commentary regarding the inclusion of loaded rates in modern awards in the following matters:
• Modern Awards Review 2012 (the Transitional review)—Penalty rates; 7 and
• 4 yearly review of modern awards—Penalty rates case (the penalty rates case). 8
[21] Modern awards may, inter alia, include terms about minimum wages, overtime rates, penalty rates, annualised wage arrangements, allowances, leave and leave loadings. 9 Subject to satisfying the modern awards objective there appears to be no legislative barrier to the inclusion of terms about loaded rates in modern awards.
[22] As a general proposition, and noting that any loaded rate would replace existing award benefits, workers paid loaded rates should not be financially worse off than workers who are not. It follows that a loaded rate must result in workers being paid the same or more than they would have been paid if the loaded rate did not apply. This also accords with the view expressed by the then Minister for Industrial Relations in his letter of 9 December:
'… while ultimately the design of loaded rates would be up to the discretion of the Commission, it is the Government's view that these rates may be optimally structured in a way that ensures workers are not financially worse off over time …'
[23] In the decision handed down on 23 February 2017, the Full Bench in the Penalty Rates Case 10 observed that there was merit in considering the insertion of appropriate loaded rates into the Hospitality and Retail awards. The Full Bench stated that subject to appropriate safeguards, schedules of 'loaded rates' may make awards simpler and easier to understand, consistent with the considerations in s.134(1)(g), and allow small businesses to access additional flexibility without the need to enter into an enterprise agreement.11
[24] The Full Bench also noted that, in reports prepared by the Fair Work Ombudsman, some businesses in the Hospitality and Retail sectors already provide for 'flat' (or loaded) rates of pay, in order to simplify their payroll process however they underestimate the additional premium (or loading) required in order to compensate employees for the loss of penalty rates, resulting in noncompliance. The Full Bench commented that insertion of 'loaded rates' schedules in these modern awards may have a positive effect on award compliance. 12
[25] Noting the potential complexity involved in the task of developing loaded rates schedules, the Full Bench stated that consideration should be given to the following:
• Any loaded rate will remain part of the safety net and will have to be fair and relevant. 13
• Determining an appropriate loaded rate would not be a straightforward task. For example, an employee working mostly on a weekend or late at night, when a penalty rate would apply, requires a higher loaded rate than an employee working mostly during the ordinary spread of hours, Monday to Friday. 14
• A number of loaded rates may be required to match commonly used roster configurations in each particular industry. For example, one loaded rate for employees working no more than two Saturdays in any 28 day cycle, and another rate for employees working every Sunday, but not Saturdays. 15
• Any loaded rate and the associated roster configuration should be relevant to the needs of industry and employees and there would be benefit in further engagement with interested parties as to the dominant roster patterns in the relevant industries to develop appropriate rates. 16
[26] We have had regard to these considerations in our assessment of the Application and in the formulation of our provisional view.
3. COVID-19 pandemic and background information
[27] The Application arises from the unique set of circumstances pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[28] Commission staff have prepared the following information notes which have been published on the COVID-19 updates webpage:
• Information note – COVID-19 situation update
• Information note – Government responses to COVID-19 pandemic
[29] As noted in the 2020-21 Annual Wage Review decision (the AWR decision), the COVID-19 pandemic cast a large shadow over 2020. While predominantly a public health issue, federal and state government-imposed restrictions to contain the spread of the virus had a profound economic impact. 17 The restrictions included travel restrictions (both international and domestic) and social distancing rules. The social and economic consequences of these measures were unprecedented and led to business closures and job losses. All but 'essential workers' were forced to stop work or modify their work arrangements. These actions significantly reduced domestic activity and resulted in 'a large and near-simultaneous contraction across the global economy.'18
[30] The Hospitality industry has been one of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic. The Commission also published an information note about the Accommodation and food services industry (which includes the hospitality industry) on 10 December 2020. This note includes information about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. An updated information note was published on 26 July 2021.
[31] At the commencement of the Award flexibility–Hospitality and retail sectors matter, the Commission published an information note on loaded rates, which is relevant to the present matter.
[32] The Commission has previously varied the Hospitality Award inserting various Schedules to assist the industry and employees in it to respond to the Pandemic:
• Schedule X - Additional Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Schedule J – Award Flexibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Schedule L – Award Flexibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
[33] The Australian economy has recovered to a greater extent and more quickly than anticipated. However, the pandemic is not over and risks remain. As noted in the AWR decision:
'While the economic recovery is well underway and the overall outlook is much more positive than it was last year, we acknowledge the risk of domestic outbreaks and on-going disruptions to other major economies. COVID-19 outbreaks necessitating further containment measures remain a significant risk and, as the Commonwealth submits 'even localised outbreaks could have an impact on consumer and business confidence weighing on consumption and investment'. 19
[34] The AWR decision also observed that the pattern in 2021 in respect to further cases of community transmission has seen comparatively brief lockdown periods comprised of stay-at-home orders generally localised to particular regions that have limited the reasons for people to leave their homes. Broadly, it has meant that only work deemed 'essential' has been allowed to operate during these periods. These restrictions imposed in each state and territory, and nationally, have been documented in the Commission's information note throughout the pandemic. 20
Chart 1: State and Territory Government lockdowns by severity, 20 June 2020 to 26 July 2021, duration in days
Source: Fair Work Commission (2021), Information note - government responses to COVID-19 pandemic, updated 26 July.
Note: Lockdown duration commences from when restrictions were first increased. High severity means very limited reasons to leave home. Medium severity involves some easing of restrictions with the ability to gather in limited numbers in homes, public or venues. Low severity involves relatively little restrictions but still more than before the lockdown commenced. A lockdown is considered to be finished when restrictions return to the same level or are comparable to pre-lockdown levels. Lockdowns are defined as those with restrictions that are considered high severity.
The second Victorian lockdown started on 20 June 2020, but only data from 1 July 2020 are shown. However, the duration includes the days prior to 1 July 2020.
[35] Chart 1 shows the length of lockdowns since Victoria's second wave of COVID-19 from the middle of 2020. The lockdowns have been temporary and the strictest lockdowns (those with restrictions that are considered high severity) have included: 21
• South Australia in mid-November 2020 (3 days) and July 2021 (6 days and ongoing);
• Sydney's Northern Beaches in late December 2020, with fewer restrictions for the rest of Greater Sydney (including Wollongong, Central Coast, and Blue Mountains) that lasted for several weeks, and in May 2021 (4 days) and in late June/ July 2021 (30 days and ongoing);
• Brisbane in January and late March/early April 2021 (both for 3 days) and South East Queensland in late June/early July 2021 (4 days);
• Perth and surrounding regions in late January/early February (5 days) late April 2021 (3 days) and late June/early July 2021 (4 days);
• Victoria in mid-February 2021 (5 days), late May/early June 2021 (14 days), with restrictions easing in regional Victoria after 1 week; and July (10 days and ongoing); and
• Darwin, Palmerston and certain rural regions in the Northern Territory in late June/early July 2021 (6 days) and Alice Springs in late June/early July 2021 (3 days).
[36] States and territories have also re-imposed border restrictions during these times.
[37] These lockdowns were expected to adversely impact a number of industries, including hospitality (other than those providing take away food services). 22 The increase awarded from the 2020–21 Annual Wage Review was delayed until 1 November 2021 for modern awards mapped to the Accommodation and food services industries including the Hospitality Award.23
[38] In 2021, restrictions have since been re-imposed at different times during city or state-wide lockdowns. At the end of July 2021, restrictions were in place across Greater Sydney and surrounds, Victoria and South Australia, meaning that hospitality venues are closed except for providing takeaway services, while in other parts of the country there were density and capacity limits.
[39] The number of employee jobs in the Accommodation and food services sector has not yet returned to the level recorded before the onset of the pandemic. This can be measured using the data released by the ABS that provide weekly statistics on employee jobs and wages using payroll data from the Australian Taxation Office.
[40] Employee jobs in Accommodation and food services fell 35 per cent in only 4 weeks (between 14 March and 11 April 2020), a larger fall than any other industry. While the ensuing rebound was longer than the initial fall, more than half of the number of employee jobs lost in those 4 weeks had returned by early July 2020. However, this was interrupted by restrictions being re-imposed in Victoria. Between early July and mid-November 2020, the number of employee jobs was relatively steady in the industry. With the re-opening of hospitality in Victoria in the last week of October, this increased up to mid-December 2020. 24
[41] The latest data, to the week ending 3 July 2021, show that the number of jobs across all industries is 3.3 per cent higher than that reported in mid-March 2020. However, for Accommodation and food services, it is 3.5 per cent below the level at 14 March 2020 and 3.1 per cent below for Food and beverage services (as shown in Chart 2).
[42] Total wages had also declined in Accommodation and food services by a relatively large percentage (–10.9 per cent) compared with an overall increase of 2.1 per cent across all industries. 25
Chart 2: Change in employee jobs and total wages between 14 March and 3 July 2021
Source: ABS, Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 3 July 2021.
[43] It appears to us that the Accommodation and food services sector continues to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Further, the likely future pattern of lockdowns will substantially affect the sector in those areas subject to lockdown.
4. The Application
[44] The revised draft determination seeks to insert a new Schedule into the Hospitality Award.
[45] A copy of the revised draft determination is attached at Attachment A.
[46] In support of the proposed revised draft determination the AHA advanced the following broad lines of argument:
• the proposed variation will provide greater certainty for employees in relation to weekly take home pay.
• it will protect the needs of the low paid by ensuring employees are not worse off.
• it will promote more flexible work practises.
• it will reduce both the administrative and regulatory burden on employers as the processing of payroll and associated administrative tasks will be more efficient (particularly for those employers who do not have sophisticated payroll processes which automatically calculate penalties and entitlements owed).
• it will simplify the award making it easier to understand for employers and employees and will promote compliance with award obligations.
5. Provisional View
[47] The loaded Rates Arrangements provided for in proposed Schedule K have been the subject of a BOOT analysis.
[48] It seems to us that the quantum of loaded rates and the loaded rate parameters ensure that workers on Loaded Rates Arrangements are paid the same or more than they would have been paid if the loaded rate did not apply. Schedule K also provides the additional protection of access to arbitration. Clause K.19 provides:
K.19. In arbitrating a dispute the Fair Work Commission may:
(a) require an employer to pay an employee the difference between what they were paid under the Loaded Rate Arrangement and what they would otherwise have received under this Award if the Fair Work Commission determines that the arrangement entered into under this Schedule was unfair to the employee; and
(b) terminate a Loaded Rate Arrangement if the Fair Work Commission determines that the arrangement entered into under this Schedule was unfair to the employee.
[49] It is our provisional view that the Application has merit.
6. Next steps
[50] In accordance with the discussion at the private conference on 2 July 2021, the following direction are issued:
1. The UWU is to file submissions in respect of the Application by no later than 4pm (AEST) Friday, 20 August 2021.
2. The AHA is to file submissions in reply by no later than 4pm (AEST) Friday, 27 August 2021.
Note: Depending on the extent of the UWU submissions, the AHA has liberty to seek further time in which to file its reply submissions.
3. Unless there is a request for an oral hearing the Application will be determined on the papers. If an oral hearing is requested, the Application will be listed for hearing at 9.30AM (AEST), Tuesday 31 August 2021.
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Attachment A
REVISED DRAFT DETERMINATION
s.157 – FWC may vary etc. modern awards if necessary to achieve modern awards objective
Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2020
(AM2020/103)
JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT XXXXX
XXXXX______________________ 2021
Award schedule – COVID-19 pandemic – Loaded rate arrangements
A. Further to the decision [_______________] issued by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission on ______________ 2021, the above award is varied as follows:
1. By inserting Schedule K as follows:
Schedule K – Loaded Rate Arrangements
K.1. Schedule K provides for the payment of a percentage amount above an employee's ordinary hourly rate (Loaded Rate) in satisfaction of the requirement to pay overtime, penalty rates (except public holiday penalty rates) and the split shift allowance in clause 26.14(1)(b)(i). In particular:
(a) The Schedule provides for 6 different Loaded Rate percentages (see clause K.11).
(b) Clause K.10. sets out the Loaded Rates Parameters, that is the pattern of hours that may be worked in respect of each of the Loaded Rate percentages.
(c) Loaded Rate Arrangements to not apply to certain categories of employees (see clause K.9).
(d) The creation, variation and termination of Loaded Rate Arrangements is set out in clauses K.2 – K.8.
(e) Disputes about the operation of a Loaded Rate Arrangement is set out in clauses K.18 – K.20.
NOTE: Loaded Rates Arrangements under Schedule K only apply to full-time adult employees classified at Level 3 and above.
Loaded Rate Arrangement – Creation and Termination
K.2. Subject to the provisions of Schedule K, an employer may elect to pay a full-time employee classified at Level 3 or above, a percentage amount above the employee's ordinary hourly rate (Loaded Rate) in satisfaction of the requirements of:
(a) Clause 26.14(b)(i) – Split shift allowance;
(b) Clause 28 – Overtime; and
(c) Clause 29 – Penalty rates, with the exception of penalty rates in relation to Public Holidays.
NOTE: An employee's ordinary hourly rate is defined in clause 2 of the Award.
K.3. If an employer elects to pay an employee a Loaded Rate, the employer must provide the employee with a written loaded rate arrangement in accordance with the form set out in Schedule L (Loaded Rate Arrangement).
K.4. The employer must keep a copy of the Loaded Rate Arrangement and any document terminating that arrangement as a time and wages record.
K.5. Subject to clause 39 – Consultation about changes to rosters or hours of work, an employer may vary the Loaded Rate Arrangement by giving 2 weeks' written notice of the issuing a new Loaded Rate Arrangement.
K.6. A Loaded Rate Arrangement may be terminated:
(a) at any time by written agreement between the employee and the employer; or
(b) by the employer giving 2 weeks' written notice.
K.7. A Loaded Rate Arrangement terminated in accordance with clause K.6(b) ceases to have effect at the end of the notice period.
Loaded Rate Arrangements not to be applied to Certain Employees
K.8 Schedule K does not apply to part-time or casual employees or to employees:
(a) employees classified at the introductory level, Level 1 or Level 2
(b) paid in accordance with Clause 18.4 – Junior Rates;
(c) paid in accordance with Schedule E.4 – Supported Wage Rates;
(d) engaged in accordance with Clause 15.3 – Catering in remote locations; and
(e) rostered in accordance with Clause 15.1(b) (vii) of this award.
Loaded Rate Parameters
K.9. A Loaded Rate is only in satisfaction of the payments set out at K.2(a), (b) and (c) if all of the following rostering requirements are met (Loaded Rate Parameters):
(a) The roster cycle must operate weekly commencing on a Monday;
(b) Monday to Friday: a maximum of 11.5 hours (excluding meal breaks) per day / shift rostered between 7:00am and 12:00am (midnight);
(c) Saturday: a maximum of 10 hours (excluding meal breaks);
(d) Sunday: a maximum of 10 hours (excluding meal breaks); and
(e) If the period between shifts is 3 hours or less a split shift allowance must be paid.
Loaded Rates
K.10. The Loaded Rate Range of Days and Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours applicable to the Loaded Rate Percentage as set out in the table below.
Loaded Rate Percentage
(% of ordinary hourly rate)
Loaded Rate Range of Days
Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours
K.11. The Loaded Rate in dollar value based on the Loaded Rate Percentage is set out below:
Note: The rates in the tables below are based on the minimum hourly rates in accordance with clause 18—Minimum rates. All-purpose allowances need to be added to minimum rates before the Loaded Rate Percentage is applied.
Loaded Rate Percentages
K.12. The Loaded Rate for casino gaming classifications in dollar value based on the Loaded Rate Percentages as set out below:
K.13. Unless modified by clauses K.2, K.9, and subject to clause K.14 a Loaded Rate Arrangement does not vary the application of the other terms of this award.
K.14. The Loaded Rate Percentage will only apply to, and be in satisfaction of, work performed and the allowances specified within the Loaded Rate Parameters.
NOTE 1: An employee will be entitled to overtime in accordance with clause 28 – Overtime for work which exceeds the daily and / or shift maximum hours, the Loaded Rate Range of Days or the Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours each week.
NOTE 2: Under the NES (see section 62 of the Act) an employee may refuse to work additional hours if they are unreasonable. Section 62 sets out factors to be taken into account in determining whether the additional hours are reasonable or unreasonable.
NOTE 3: An employee will be entitled to the relevant penalty rates and applicable entitlements for work completed on, or other arrangements relating to a public holiday in accordance with clause 29 – Penalty rates and clause 35 – Public holidays.
NOTE 4: If an employee performs work beyond the scope of the Loaded Rates Parameters, but does not exceed the daily and / or shift maximum hours, the Loaded Rate Range of Days or the Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours each week, the employee will be entitled to the applicable penalty rate or allowance in accordance with the award.
EXAMPLE: If the employee starts work at 6:00am on a Tuesday, the employer must pay the employee an additional amount of $3.46 in accordance with clause 29.2. If the employee has a split shift where the period exceeds 3 hours, the additional payment is $1.49, being the difference between the split shift allowances in clause 26.14 – Split Shift Allowance.
K.15. The employer must keep a record of the starting and finishing times of work, and any unpaid breaks taken. This record must be signed by the employee or acknowledged as correct in writing (including by electronic means) by the employee, each pay period or roster cycle.
Base Rate of Pay for employees on a Loaded Rate Arrangement
K.16. For the purposes of the NES, the base rate of pay of an employee receiving a Loaded Rate under this Schedule is the employee's ordinary hourly rate and excludes any incentive-based payments, bonuses, loadings, monetary allowances, overtime and penalties.
Dispute Settlement – Consent Arbitration
K.17. Any dispute regarding the operation of Schedule K may be referred to the Fair Work Commission in accordance with clause 40 – Dispute resolution.
K.18. An employer who enters into a Loaded Rate Arrangement under Schedule K provides consent to a dispute arising from the arrangement being settled by the Fair Work Commission through arbitration in accordance with clause 40 – Dispute resolution and section 739(4) of the Act.
2. By inserting Schedule L as follows:
Schedule L - Loaded Rate Arrangement Form
Name of employer: _____________________________________________
Name of employee: _____________________________________________
Employee Classification/Wage Level: ______________________________________
Loaded Rate Range of Days: _____________________________________________
Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours: __________
Loaded Rate Percentage: __________
Ordinary Hourly Rate: __________
Loaded Rate (ordinary hourly rate x loaded rates percentage): __________
Acknowledgement by Employer
The employer acknowledges that by entering into this arrangement, the employee must be paid the employee Loaded Rate for all hours up to the Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours each week.
The employer acknowledges and agrees to roster the Loaded Rate Maximum Weekly Hours in accordance with the Loaded Rate Parameters defined in clause K.6 of Schedule K.
The employer acknowledges additional payments will apply to work performed on days, or at times, beyond the scope of the Loaded Rate Parameters, or for allowances not specified in the Loaded Rate Parameters.
By entering into this arrangement, the employer consents to any dispute arising from this arrangement being settled by the Fair Work Commission through arbitration in accordance with clause 40 – Dispute resolution and section 739(4) of the Act.
Name of employer representative: ________________________________________
Signature of employer representative: ________________________________________
Date signed: ___/___/20___
3. By updating the table of contents accordingly.
4. This determination comes into operation on XX DATE 2021. In accordance with s.165(3) of the Fair Work Act 2009, this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee's first full pay period that starts on or after XX DATE 2021.
1 Letter from Minister for Industrial Relations, 9 December 2020.
2 [2020] FWC 6636
3 Transcript, 4 February 2021
4 Transcript, 18 February 2021.
5 Transcript, 4 March 2021.
6 Transcript, 25 March 2021.
7 [2013] FWCFB 1635
9 Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), s.139
10 [2017] FWCFB 1001
11 [2017] FWCFB 1001 at [90]
12 Ibid at [91]
13 Ibid at [92] and [2081]
14 Ibid at [92] and [2080].
15 Ibid at [2082].
16 Ibid at [93].
17 See Fair Work Commission (2021), Information note―Government responses to COVID-19 pandemic, 26 July.
18 [2020] FWCFB 3500 at [24]; RBA (2020), Statement on Monetary Policy, May, p. 1.
19 Australian Government submission to the AWR decision, 26 March 2021 at paras 4, 53.
20 Fair Work Commission (2021), Information note – government responses to COVID-19 pandemic, updated 26 July.
21 Fair Work Commission (2021), Information note – government responses to COVID-19 pandemic, updated 26 July: Fair Work Commission (2021), Information note – COVID-19 situation update, updated 26 July.
22 [2021] FWCFB 3500 at [247]
24 ABS, Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 3 July 2021.
25 To the week ending 5 June 2021.


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(9/2/2022) In Freedomland, Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City's story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideals of economic and social justice. Located on the grounds of the former Freedomland amusement park on the northeastern edge of the Bronx, Co-op City's 35 towers and 236 townhouses have been home to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and is an icon visible to all traveling on the east coast corridor. In 1965, Co-op City was planned as the largest middle-class housing development in the United States. It was intended as a solution to the problem of affordable housing in America's largest city. While Co-op City first appeared to be a huge success story for integrated, middle-class housing, tensions would lead its residents to organize the largest rent strike in American history. Join us when Annemarie H. Sammartino tells Co-op City's story from the perspectives of those who built it and of the ordinary people who made their homes in this monument to imperfect liberal ideals of economic and social justice on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.
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The red pandas were once thought to be relatives of raccoons and bears but research has now put them in their own animal family Ailuridae. Red pandas are solitary and they rarely interact with another red panda outside of mating season. Breeding season is in the early winter with most births being in June. Similarly to their giant panda relatives red pandas have a wrist bone that acts like a thumb to help them grip bamboo. You can see our red pandas on Bamboo Trail.


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Gary U.S. Bonds - Twist Up Calypso
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Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson, June 6, 1939, in Jacksonville, Florida)[1] is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three". His career spans several decades and he is also a prolific songwriter.
AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
A reissue that combines Gary "U.S." Bonds debut album Dance 'Til Quarter to Three (from 1961) and Twist Up Calypso album (from 1962) onto one CD. Bonds debut album was a typical recording for the era: a few hits ("Quarter to Three," "New Orleans," "School Is Out") are surrounded by tunes not far removed from the style of the singles, but aren't nearly as memorable. At least this one was mostly comprised of original material, written by producer Frank Guida, Bonds, and saxophonist Gene Barge, with a few others pitching in. The calypso and Caribbean beats that found their way into several Bonds singles crop up with some frequency; "Please Forgive Me," "Don't Go to Strangers," and "I Know Why Dreamers Cry" are doo wop/R&B ballads in a more traditional vein than Bonds usual approach; and "Not Me" would be covered for a hit by the Orlons in 1963. For Twist Up Calypso, the success of "Dear Lady Twist" (included here) inspired an entire album of songs derived from calypso music. Bonds and producer Frank Guida, it must be said, didn't do it halfway: almost everything here employs prominent calypso beats, and in addition to covers of the calypso tunes "Day-O" and "Mama Look a Booboo," several of the originals are obviously based on calypso riffs (such as "A Woman Is Smarter"). Bonds pulls off his task with genuine exuberance -- the arrangements are considerably hotter and more indebted to the "party" sounds of his hits than the filler on his first album -- though as usual it's the hits, "Twist, Twist Senora!" and the fabulous "Dear Lady Twist," that stand out.


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Autonomous vehicles will affect the auto industry's entire business model: Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence
Here is an interesting article from the Canadian Underwriter Magazine
ADVANTAGE DAILY: CANADIAN HEADLINES FROM CANADIAN UNDERWRITER – APRIL 27, 2015
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will lead to a major disruption in the auto insurance sector, affecting the industry's entire business model, suggested a speaker at the Insurance Telematics Canada 2015 conference on Friday.
Barrie Kirk, executive director of the Kanata, Ont.-based Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence, told attendees that AVs will be fleet-owned, so there will be a trend away from individual ownership of cars. "And therefore, your whole business model, based on the majority vehicles being owned by individuals with their own policies, that will disappear as well," Kirk said during his presentation, entitled The connected car drives insurance of the future. "[That] will lead to a major disruption in your industry."
The session was moderated by Jim Kenzie, chief automotive reviewer with the Toronto Star's Wheels section and featured Kirk as a speaker, along with Alex Veilleux, vice president, Ajusto & Innovation, with Desjardins and Robert Gruszczynksi, ODB communication expert with the Volkswagen Group of America.
"We are about to see the end of the auto insurance industry as we now know it," Kirk said during his presentation, pointing to three factors. The first is that driver behaviour becomes a non-issue once computers are operating self-driving cars. "Second, computers will be much safer drivers than humans so the number of collisions will go down… the premiums will go down and you will see your market shrink," Kirk said. The third reason is the arrival of so-called "transportation as a service," he said. "Automated, driverless taxis that will take you where you want to go, with the convenience, similar to the convenience of owning your own vehicle, at a much lower cost."
Kirk predicted that by 2020, a number of major cars' original equipment manufacturers are forecasting that they will have fully self-driving cars. "2015, this year, partially autonomous vehicles are already commercially available – cars that can drive on highways with intelligent cruise control and lane centring, pedestrian avoidance and self-parking, all these things," Kirk said. "There also trials going on at the moment in various countries with fully autonomous vehicles." By 2025, the majority of the vehicles on the road will be AVs, he suggested.
Gruszczynksi noted that Volkswagen already has both of the 2015 and 2020 models – with adapted cruise control, braking, intelligent steering and lane centring. "Right now, we are already working on model 2019 and 2020 year cars," he said. "They look not too different and drive not too different from what you are driving today. The current average lifespan of a vehicle, fleet average age of a vehicle, is 11.4 years, so you're breathing into that 2025 timeframe, just on your average age of the vehicles today."
Of potential concern in the future is a "mixed" environment, where there are human and computer-driven cars on the same road at the same time. "Human drivers like to play games with computer-driven cars," Kirk suggested. "If you are driving down the highway and you see an AV, humans like to be aggressive and pull right in front of the computer-driven car, knowing that the computer is defensive and will in fact slow down and let you in. We don't want to see computer-driven cars making humans more aggressive and more dangerous and that unfortunately will happen, but we want to try and minimize that," he said, adding that he suggested to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario during a consultation session that there should not be special signage on AVs identifying them as such. "We want to try and make an AV as much like a human driven car as possible to avoid that kind of bad behaviour."
Kirk suggested that early adopters of self-driving vehicles will be seniors and disabled people as well as millennials. Middle-aged people, many of whom got their drivers' licence as a "rite of passage," will find it really difficult to let go of the steering wheel, he argued.
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Boston zoo to name baby zebra after Red Sox player
A Boston-area zoo is holding a contest to name a two-week-old Grevy's zebra foal after one of the stars of the Red Sox.
By Gabrielle Levy
The so-far unnamed Grevy's zebra foal, born October 16. (Zoo New England/Sarah Woodruff)
(UPI) -- A Boston-area zoo is holding a contest to name a two-week-old Grevy's zebra foal after one of the stars of the Red Sox, celebrating the team's success in reaching the World Series.
The Franklin Park Zoo, which welcomed a male foal on October 16 to parents Evita and Menelik, has opened a poll on its Facebook page, offering four Sox-themed names.
Voters can choose between Papi (for veteran slugger David Ortiz), Koji (for closer Koji Uehara), Jaokobi (a Wester African word meaning "star," for speedy outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury) and Hodari (a Swahili word meaning "strong, powerful").
So far, Jakobi is out in front, with 39 percent, followed by Koji, Papi and then Hodari. Voting continues through November 1.
According to the zoo, Grevy's zebras are endangered in their native home of Ethiopia and Kenya due to poaching and loss of habitat.
"Currently in the wild, the species number less than 2,700 individuals, a significant loss from more than 15,000 animals reported in the late 1970s," the zoo said in press release.
Post by Franklin Park Zoo.
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The central goal of this research project is to understand the economic impacts of inter-provincial employment, with a particular focus on the source communities of Atlantic Canada. The results of this research will inform all levels of government, as well as private stakeholders on the level of which inter-provincial employment is present in particular regions and communities within the Atlantic region. Although the research will provide detailed information on Atlantic Canada as a whole, provinces will be provided with detailed information on past and current trends in inter-provincial employment within their own regions and jurisdictions, and estimates of contribution of repatriation will also be derived.
Currently, no information of this kind exists in the region, or for the most part, in all of Canada. This limits the ability of provincial and federal governments to identify how inter-provincial employment affects the economic characteristics of local communities. Understanding the underlying social and economic structure of a community is necessary to assess how well a specific community or region can deal with potential demographic and economic shocks (such as a decline in oil prices). Learning more about where Atlantic Canadians earn a living, and what they do with their funds (to the extent that this can be determined) is critical for learning more about the economic vitality of the region and planning for economic adjustment and future economic development.


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Agyneta depigmentata é uma aranha tecelã encontrada nos Açores. Foi descrito por Wunderlich em 2008. A espécie é rara e apenas conhecida de duas subpopulações da ilha das Flores, nas Reservas Florestais Naturais das Caldeiras Funda e Rasa e Morro Alto e Pico da Sé. A área circundante é altamente invadida por plantas exóticas.

Seu principal risco de existência vem de plantas invasoras (Hydrangea macrophylla, Hedychium gardnerianum e Rubus ulmifolius) que estão alterando o habitat da espécie em pelo menos parte de sua distribuição e diminuindo a qualidade do habitat. A espécie é restrita a uma mata nativa hiperúmida e constrói a teia de tecelagem no solo entre buracos e os troncos de Juniperus brevifolia e Ilex perado subsp.

Com base na pequena Extensão de Ocorrência (EOO = 32-56 km²) da espécie e no declínio contínuo de sua área e qualidade de habitat, ela é avaliada como Criticamente em Perigo.

Embora a espécie não seja protegida por lei regional, o seu habitat encontra-se numa área regionalmente protegida (Parque Natural de São Jorge).

Fauna dos Açores
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I've heard that Bellingham and Squamish are riding really well right now. If I had a week to kill I'd probably head that way.
Saw your post about not being able to get the Cochise... What size are you? Do u work at BC? Might be able to help you out.
hey, sorry to be a weirdo? are u from utah?
Sup man, Im in slc, with a sled looking for people to sled/ski with too.. Hit me up, i ride alot in guardsman pass area..
your blog entries are as pathetic as berg's.....step it up!
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What up man. I am always looking for guys that are interested in going riding especially if interested in bringing skis along. Most of my buddies like to snowmobile but are too lazy to bring skis. I own a snowmobile rack company (x-rack.com) so I am always ready to get out and do some "product testing" I'm down in Utah county but frequently ride up AF canyon (backside of Alta and Snowbird). There are some sick areas up there. Let me know if you are interested in going riding after the Christmas break when these big storms settle down and the avalanche danger goes down a little too.
I got your plate, brand new with track. p.m me your address and i can get shipping figured out and send it on monday and we can touch base for payment by phone. iam guessing about 25 bucks for the plate and ship. if iam way off let me know.
Where do you live? If you're in the states, how about $85 shipped?


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The Psychologists Protection Society Trust is holding its annual AGM online on the evening of Friday 21st April 2023 in Dublin. The Board of Trustees are looking for speakers to present CPD events, before and after our AGM. The Trustees are looking for topics that...
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PPS is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for election to the 2023 Psychologists Protection Society Trust Board. The role of Trustees is to oversee any claims made to the Members Professional Protection Plan and to the Discretionary Trust Fund. Trustees...
"Complaints! The role of supervision " with Jo Birch
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Jaime Andres Domingo Sr., 91, of Kahului, a retired Royal Lahaina Resort grounds maintenance worker, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born in Piddig, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Mercedes; sons Jaime Jr., Pedrito and Melchor; daughters Zenaida Del Castillo, Corazon Sturgess, Encarnacion Nalundasan and Nicol Domingo; 16 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6:30 p.m. July 22 at Christ the King Catholic Church. Eulogy: 7:45 p.m. Service: 8 p.m. Additional visitation: 9 a.m. July 23 at the church. Mass: 10 a.m. Burial: 11:30 a.m. at Valley Isle Memorial Park. Condolences: ballardfamily mortuaries.com.
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Business owners concerned over potential Salvation Army relocation: 'There's a lot of respect for what it does'
Posted 12:03 am, January 14, 2020, by Tracy Sears, Updated at 12:05AM, January 14, 2020
RICHMOND, Va. -- Julie Weissend envisioned an emerald city overlooking Richmond's downtown skyline, when she and her husband renovated their construction business on Brook Road. The beautifully refurbished building is the headquarters for Dovetail Construction, and an inspiration for future innovative designs along the Chamberlayne Avenue corridor.
"When you look down Brook Road, it looks like the Wizard of Oz," Weissend says. "The idea of more shops, more apartments and have it be a lively community."
But a proposed homeless shelter for the Salvation Army, in a now vacant church building in the 1900 block of Chamberlayne Avenue, has concerned several business owners who say the shelter doesn't align with a 2016 master plan that city and business leaders proposed together to help the area thrive economically and socially.
While members of the Chamberlayne Avenue Industrial Corridor Group say they don't oppose the Salvation Army relocating to the area, there are fears regarding proposed overflow shelter space for the homeless population on cold nights.
"There's a lot of respect for what the Salvation Army does and there's a lot of understanding that there's a need that the Salvation Army is filling," Weissend says. "It's just a matter of how it's falling into the (master) plan."
On Monday, city leaders amended the ordinance and agreed to postpone a vote on the issue until January 27th. The ordinance still allows 98 beds for men, women and children seeking permanent housing, but it eliminates the overflow bed space for the homeless population seeking temporary shelter. The original ordinance also allows the Salvation Army to relocate its administrative offices and programs into the new building.
"I think it's a good compromise," says Councilwoman Kim Gray.
Gray says a master plan was created for the corridor to help combat crime and blight in the city.
"There are open drug markets, there's prostitution going on," Gray says. "There's been a lot of recent investment in that corridor to try and bring it up."
Council Vice President Chris Hilbert, who represents the Chamberlayne Avenue corridor, says he plans to abstain from voting on the 27th because of his wife's past involvement with the Salvation Army. He has voiced opposition to allowing an overflow shelter in the area because it doesn't mesh with the corridor's long term master plans.
Weissend says she supports any opportunity to breathe new life into the district.
"If it fits into something that is conducive to a community that has needed some tender loving care to really get on its feet."
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A good story out of Africa, in the wake of war and genocide. It is little known but probably one of the most remarkable peace processes in the past few years. TFF has been engaged on and off in the heart-shaped country with 8 million people since the year 2000.
We do conflict-analysis and mitigation, peace education courses, skills training and in 2005-2007 we worked with the Amahoro Coalition with 13 leading NGOs - Amahoro meaning peace.
TFF enjoys the full personal support of the President of the Republic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Speaker of Parliament and of the UN Head of Mission.
1) To help establish the Amahoro Youth Club and make it a leading youth movement for peace.
2) Assisting in various ways the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to develop an international media strategy so Burundi will appear more in the media, both with its problems but certainly also as a good story out of Africa.
This project is supported by TFF Friends and their donations and - until December 31, 2007 - by the Swedish Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Presidential elections on June 28 could turn into widespread violence. Read the background and what can be done to help 9 million people to continue their peace struggle.
The Amahoro Youth Club that TFF supports has been awarded a peace-building grant by Peace Direct.
Learn about the goals and principles of the AYC on its own blog..."We must be the change we want to see".
And there is the new AYC/TFF video - that gives you and intro to the main project of TFF in Burundi.
Burundi's government and last active rebel group, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), have signed a ceasefire.
This is fantastic news for all Burundians but also for TFF working there!
Samtale om FNL's voldsudbrud omkring Burundi's hovedstad - og om den fredsprocess, der trods alt går videre.
Early warning - Burundi !
Listen to Burundi's cry now! If there ever were a case for civilian humanitarian intervention, this is it. And the time is now.
"Amahoro - Consolidating Peace in Burundi 2008-2009"
This is our grant application text - purpose, goals, activities, background, our partners - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the newly established AYC, Amahoro Youth Club. (Amahoro means peace).
We provide links to the AYC's own vision and its budget proposals, to the TFF budget and to the support letter from HE the Minister of Foreign Affairs herself.
Finally, you'll see how you can help TFF and the young Burundians succeed.
About smiles and hospitality as social indicators, about Christian-Muslim relations.
Observations from a mission, its purpose and the work with the Amahoro Youth Club and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Støt Burundis enestående fredsproces nu!
Fred og udvikling er endnu ikke sikret. Og 300.000 lider lige nu af hungersnød. Hvert år giver verden desværre Burundi mindre end 50 pct. af den nødvendige humanitære bistand på skaldede 150 mio. dollars; det svarer til én dags amerikansk krigsførelse i Irak. Verdens prioriteter er absurde.
Det er nu, Burundi skal have hjælp, og vi skal forebygge en ny krig. Og hvorfor ikke give Nobels fredspris til Burundis syv millioner fredskæmpende mennesker?
Folkmordet i Burundi krävde 300 000 människors liv. När konflikten ebbade ut och fredsuppbyggandet kom igång försvann världssamfundets intresse för världens tredje fattigaste land.
War-ravaged Burundi has made amazing gains recently. But it urgently needs aid.
Lyt til hvorledes det lille fattige og ukendte land læmper en brav kamp for at komme videre - og savner det internationale samfunds støtte hertil.
Appeal for an Open Center for Peace and Reconciliation !
Twelve of the best Burundian NGOs - youth, women, teachers, media, scholars, former militaries, etc - have joined forces to set up the first ever learning center in support of one of the world's most promising - but internationally unknown - peace processes.
Competent and experienced, they will foster peace and improve life among their 7 million fellow citizens in Burundi, the world's third materially poorest country with so much talent and energy. Burundi must be rewarded for having recognised in earnest that war is rubbish and peace is realistic and possible.
This is your 2006 people-to-people peace project. It's a TFF-initiated project. Do something positive today: read, spread the message and donate! Even the smallest support will make a huge difference.


The history of Mangalica reaches back to the 19th century. It was developed by crossbreeding the Serbian Šumadija breed and European wild boar with Hungarian breeds from Szalonta and Bakony. At first it was bred for the tables of Austro-Hungarian nobility, but after the collapse of the empire it started disappearing slowly and reached the lowest point under Hungarian communism, when the Hungarian politics drove it to the brink of extinction due to its slow growth and poor increment. A few years ago, however, some pig breeders started rediscovering this breed and all its qualities.
Three types of Mangalica were bred over the decades: the blonde, red and swallow-bellied varieties. Mangalica became quite popular for its distinguished marbled meat. Its looks, taste and high content of unsaturated omega 3 fatty acids resemble to the fat of the most expensive and among gourmets most appreciated Japanese of Kobe beef. It contains 30% more fat than other breeds, and the quality of its fat and white fat is supreme due to its content of stearic acid, which is known to reduce harmful LDL cholesterol. It is recommended by many health food specialists. Because the meat and the fat of this animal contain between 50% to 70% less harmful cholesterol than other pigs, this meat is even healthier than poultry. It is darker than the meat from common pigs and interwoven with fatty vessels, slightly sweet and extremely tasty.
Since Mangalica is free-range reared and lives like a wild boar, this breed is highly immune to most diseases afflicting the usually reared domestic pigs. When born, the piglets are striped, but the older they get the darker they become, and the stripes disappear. 2-7 piglets are born twice a year. They eat natural food, mostly acorns and wheat. Their diet is free of antibiotics and hormones. This is why it takes them longer to reach their ideal weight of 300 pounds, which is app. 2 years. The dried meat products of Mangalica mature up to 12 months. They forage the dirt, search for worms, dig out roots and hard blackberries.
In our web store we offer various magalica products. Have a look and choose your favourite product.
On our farm, we lay great emphasis on home-bred pig Mangalica. They are curly pigs, which from a distance resemble sheep. They are outdoors on pasture throughout the year. Their meat is special and a lot healthier than that of the common pig.


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Senate eyes changes to the House stopgap health package
Susannah Luthi
The sizeable healthcare package unveiled Monday night by House GOP leaders may get a face lift in the Senate.
The House assembled a packet of legislation that includes two-year funding of the community health centers, a two-year delay of the payment cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals, and two-year funding extensions for Medicare programs rural hospitals in particular depend on. The CHRONIC Care Act, which would, among other things, expand telemedicine and adapt Medicare Advantage plans for chronically ill enrollees, is also included.
But all the programs came at a cost House Democrats don't like, most notably a $5 million chunk out of the Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Once the stopgap bill heads out of the House—likely on a party-line vote—the Senate may switch it out for a bipartisan deal negotiated in the Senate Finance Committee, according to Senate aides.
Details of the Senate package aren't yet finalized or public. But an additional four years of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program remains on the table. According to the Congressional Budget Office, a full 10-year extensions of CHIP funding would save the government about $6 billion. The reauthorization approved last month as part of a spending bill extended CHIP for six years.
Senate leaders are also closing in on a spending caps deal that would pave the way toward an overall omnibus budget bill that insurers hope would include a reinsurance provision for the individual market. It would also lead into a disaster aid supplemental that has stalled in the Senate with, among other issues for disaster-stricken states and territories, Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico.
"Maybe we'll have something tomorrow," Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Tuesday afternoon following the GOP conference lunches. "We're close, we're close."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) shot down the idea that the government could be hurtling toward another shutdown should he and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) fail to come to an agreement.
"A government shutdown won't happen," McConnell told reporters Tuesday. "We are on our way to an agreement."
Several GOP senators said after leaving the meeting that they expect an overall agreement shortly.
But President Donald Trump's insistence that Congress address immigration throws a wild card into the dynamics.
"If we don't change it, let's have a shutdown. We'll do a shutdown and it's worth it for our country," said Tuesday afternoon in a roundtable meeting with law enforcement officials. "I'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of."
Schedule-wise, the House budget deal poses its own complications for the week: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) included a full-year of defense spending along with the health package as a sweetener. This sets up a ping-pong match as the Senate is expected to strip out the defense-only funding and potentially swap in its parallel healthcare package among other things.
The clock ticks toward the Thursday budget deadline while the Senate amends and passes the measure the House is expected to pass tonight.


In the wake of #Lochtegate, when it was discovered that Team USA swimmer Ryan Lochte had lied about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio, many wondered what would happen to the athlete. The total fallout from his actions is still to be seen, but it was confirmed Monday that Ryan Lochte lost his Speedo and Ralph Lauren sponsorships — and experts expect it won't be the end of the backlash for the athlete.
According to USA Today, Speedo announced in a statement that they were choosing to end Lochte's deal and would be donating $50,000 from his fee to charity, saying "they could not condone the behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for." Lochte had been involved with Speedo for more than ten years, and had seemed to be a natural choice as a 12-time Olympic medalist. But after going on record saying that he and three of his teammates were robbed by gunmen impersonating police officers after they'd had a night out in Rio August 14, it was discovered that they'd actually been confronted by a security guard at a gas station after they'd allegedly broken down the door. Lochte eventually issued an apology, and told NBC's Matt Lauer that he "over-exaggerated" the story, but it hasn't appeared to do much in terms of damage control. Following Speedo's announcement, Ralph Lauren also announced that they were dropping Lochte, according to The Washington Post.
No sponsor wants to attach their name to an athlete like that. What's more, at 32 his Olympic career was already over after Rio. [It] would've been hard for him to stay top of mind, even if hadn't instigated LochteGate.
In this day and age, there's one pretty important rule that anybody in the public eye should think about: Don't lie. We live in a world where everything is going to be exposed. Brands are always looking for honest and authentic representatives because there's so much competition. There are so many Olympic athletes who you can choose from. You don't need any nonsense.
As for the three other athletes involved in the scandal, #Lochtegate is likely to have serious consequences for them, too. Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger both won gold in Rio alongside Michael Phelps for the 4x200m relay during what was their first-ever Olympics, but according to Fortune, it will likely be difficult for either of them to attract any major sponsorships if they attempt to turn pro now that their names have been attached to the gas station cover up in Rio. Swimwear company TYR Sport currently sponsors the fourth swimmer, Jimmy Feigen, but hasn't yet commented publicly about whether that will continue.
Of course, it's hard to feel bad for Lochte: not only did he allegedly vandalize a bathroom and generally act like a drunken buffoon, he then lied about it, eventually releasing a half-hearted apology when he got caught saying he should have been "more careful and candid" (um, yeah). But surely, as a seasoned professional athlete, Lochte would have certainly seen the end of his sponsorships coming as an inevitability of his behavior — and hopefully that, in all fairness, it's pretty much exactly what he deserves.


When we choose organizations to donate to each quarter, we often prioritize those serving women, children, and people experiencing homelessness. One area we haven't explored as readily is the environment! So, for the third quarter of 2018, we've decided to give back to Bloomington's Center for Sustainable Living. For over twenty years, they have been helping the Bloomington community love and care for our planet, and we are so grateful for all they do. They host bike repair events, they put on the Winter Farmers Market, they help folks get solar panels, they began a community toolshare, and more.
If you find yourself in the position to give, consider the Center for Sustainable Living or the many other worthy organizations in your community.


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Mercyful Fate es una banda danesa de heavy metal, formada en Copenhague por el vocalista King Diamond y el guitarrista Hank Shermann en 1981. Influenciados por el rock progresivo y el hard rock, y con letras que trataban temas como el ocultismo y satanismo. Desde su formación, Mercyful Fate ha publicado siete álbumes de estudio, dos EP y cuatro recopilatorios.

Después de varios cambios de formación y de editar varias maquetas de manera independiente, lanzaron su EP homónimo en 1982, grabado por Michael Denner (guitarra), Timi Hansen (bajo), Kim Ruzz (batería), Diamond y Shermann. Esta formación grabó los dos primeros álbumes de estudio (Melissa en 1983 y Don't Break the Oath en 1984), antes de separarse en 1985 por diferencias musicales. En 1993, cuatro de esos cinco miembros se reunieron para grabar In the Shadows, publicado ese mismo año. Durante la década de 1990, Mercyful Fate lanzó otros cuatro álbumes y sufrió varios cambios en su formación. Desde 1999 la banda se encuentra en un hiato, aunque sus miembros se han reunido en varias ocasiones en la década de 2000.

Historia

Formación y primeros lanzamientos (1981-1985)
El vocalista King Diamond y el guitarrista Hank Shermann formaron Mercyful Fate en Copenhague, Dinamarca, en 1981; tras la disolución de su anterior banda, Brats, un grupo de punk. Después de publicar un álbum de estudio y tener varios cambios de formación (entre ellos la llegada de Diamond), el vocalista y Shermann comenzaron a componer nuevo material más pesado que el interpretado por Brats. A la discográfica de la banda, CBS, no le satisfizo este material y les ordenó que dejaran de cantar en inglés y adquirir un sonido más comercial para el mercado danés. Ante la negativa, Diamond y Shermann abandonaron el grupo y formaron Mercyful Fate. Después de varios cambios de formación y editar unas maquetas en casete, la banda publicó su EP homónimo en 1982. Los miembros que lo grabaron fueron Shermann, Diamond, el bajista Timi Hansen, el batería Kim Ruzz y el guitarrista Michael Denner.

En julio de 1983, Mercyful Fate grabó su álbum debut en los estudios Easy Sound Recording, en Copenhague. El disco, titulado Melissa, lo produjo Henrik Lund y lo publicó la discográfica Roadrunner Records el 30 de octubre de 1983. Después de realizar varios conciertos por Dinamarca, la banda regresó al estudio en mayo de 1984 para grabar su segundo trabajo, Don't Break the Oath, publicado el 7 de septiembre de ese mismo año. Durante su gira promocional, el conjunto actúo dos meses en los Estados Unidos y participó en festivales veraniegos en Alemania. A pesar de haber ganado un estatus de culto, Mercyful Fate se separó en abril de 1985 debido a diferencias musicales. Shermann quería grabar temas más comerciales, algo que Diamond rechazó; por lo que decidió abandonar el grupo, lo que llevó a que este se separara.

Después de la disolución (1985-1992)
Tras la separación de Mercyful Fate en 1985; Diamond, Denner y Hansen formaron un nuevo proyecto bajo el nombre King Diamond. Denner y Hansen permanecieron en el grupo hasta el lanzamiento de Abigail en 1987, después ambos dejaron King Diamond. El vocalista continuó con el proyecto y grabó nuevos álbumes incluso después de la reunión de Mercyful Fate. Tras dejar King Diamond, Michael Denner abrió una tienda de discos en Copenhague y formó el grupo Zoser Mez junto a Shermann. Este último fundó la banda de rock Fate en 1985, con la cual grabó dos trabajos de estudio. Después de abandonar Fate, Shermann se reunió con Denner para formar Zoser Mez.

Durante los años de separación de Mercyful Fate, la discográfica Roadrunner publicó tres recoplitarios; The Beginning (1987) que incluye su EP homónimo así como temas en directo, Return of the Vampire (1992) que contiene canciones grabadas antes del lanzamiento de su primer EP, y A Dangerous Meeting, que recopila material de Mercyful Fate y King Diamond.

Retorno (1993-1999)

En 1993, Diamond, Shermann, Denner y Hansen volvieron a reunirse para reformar Mercyful Fate (el batería Morten Nielsen sustituyó a Ruzz). El primer álbum tras la reunión fue In the Shadows, publicado el 22 de junio de 1993 por la discográfica Metal Blade Records. El disco cuenta con la intervención del batería de Metallica Lars Ulrich en el tema «Return of the Vampire». Nielsen y Hansen abandonaron el grupo antes de la gira promocional; el primero debido a una lesión de rodilla y el segundo porque no quería realizar actuaciones. Sus sustitutos fueron dos miembros de King Diamond; el batería Snowy Shaw y el bajista Sharlee D'Angelo. El 27 de junio de 1994, la banda lanzó el EP The Bell Witch que contiene temas en directo y un par de temas nuevos.

El 25 de octubre de 1994, Mercyful Fate publicó el álbum Time, grabado y mezclado en los estudios Dallas Sound Lab (Estados Unidos) entre mayo y agosto de 1994. Tras su lanzamiento Bjarne T. Holm reemplazó a Shaw como batería. Holm había recibido la oferta de unirse al grupo en 1981, pero declinó debido a otros compromisos. Entre enero y febrero de 1996, Mercyful Fate grabó el álbum Into the Unknown, que sería lanzado el 20 de agosto de ese mismo año. Después de su publicación, el guitarrista Mike Wead ingresó en el grupo para sustituir a Denner. Into the Unknown fue uno de sus pocos trabajos en entrar en las listas; llegó al puesto treinta y uno en Finlandia.

En octubre de 1997, Mercyful Fate empezó la grabación de Dead Again, en los estudios Nomad Recording en Carrolton, Texas. El álbum se publicó el 9 de junio de 1998. En febrero de 1999, comenzó la grabación de un nuevo trabajo de estudio, titulado simplemente 9 y editado el 15 de mayo de ese mismo año.

Reuniones (1999 - actualidad)
Después de realizar la gira promocional de 9, Mercyful Fate comenzó un descanso indefinido. King Diamond se centró en su proyecto homónimo junto al guitarrista Mike Wead, que ingresó en el grupo del vocalista durante los conciertos del álbum House of God. King Diamond lograría una nominación al Grammy por el tema «Never Ending Hill». Por su parte, Hank Shermann y Bjarne T. Holm volvieron a reunirse con el ex guitarrista Michael Denner para formar Force of Evil, mientras que el bajista Sharlee D'Angelo ingresó en la banda sueca Arch Enemy. En un entrevista en 2008, Diamond reveló que Mercyful Fate «está en un proceso de hibernación». En agosto de ese mismo año, Lars Ulrich solicitó al vocalista que participara en el videojuego Guitar Hero: Metallica y que le dejara las copias originales de dos canciones del grupo, sin embargo, ante la imposibilidad de encontrarlas; Diamond, Shermann, Denner, Hansen y Holm se reunieron para volver a grabar los temas «Evil» y «Curse of the Pharaohs». El vocalista apareció en el juego como un personaje jugable.

El 7 de diciembre de 2011, con motivo de un concierto por el trigésimo aniversario de la formación de Metallica; Shermann, Diamond, Hansen y Denner interpretaron un popurrí de canciones de Mercyful Fate junto a los miembros de Metallica.

El 1 de agosto de 2019, el grupo anunció su regreso para una serie de conciertos en Europa en 2020 con una formación compuesta por Diamond, Shermann, Holm, Wead y el bajista Joey Vera como sustituto de Timi Hansen mientras este recibe tratamiento para el cáncer.

Estilo y legado
Mercyful Fate formaron parte de la primera ola del black metal, junto a grupos como Venom, Bathory y Hellhammer. Estas bandas establecieron las bases sobre las que futuros artistas desarrollarían el black metal. A diferencia de las otras bandas mencionadas, Mercyful Fate estaba influenciada por el rock progresivo, el hard rock de los años 70 y el heavy metal tradicional. Sus letras abarcan temas como el satanismo y el ocultismo, y King Diamond fue uno de los pioneros de la utilización del corpse paint.

Varios músicos han citado a Mercyful Fate como influencia. Kerry King, guitarrista del grupo del thrash metal Slayer, ha declarado que tanto él, como su compañero de banda Jeff Hanneman, escuchaban con frecuencia a la banda danesa mientras grababan el álbum Hell Awaits. Metallica grabó un popurrí de canciones de Mercyful Fate para su álbum de versiones Garage Inc.; desde entonces, Metallica interpretó el tema en varias ocasiones junto a miembros del grupo danés. Otras bandas como Emperor, Voivod, Soilwork o Six Feet Under han versionado algunas de sus canciones.

Miembros
 Hank Shermann - guitarra (1981-1985, 1993-1999, 2008, 2011, 2019 - actualidad)
 King Diamond - voz y teclados (1981-1985, 1993-1999, 2008, 2011, 2019 - actualidad)
 Bjarne T. Holm - batería (1994-1999, 2009, 2019 - actualidad)
 Mike Wead - guitarra (1996-1999, 2019 - actualidad)
 Becky Baldwin - bajo (2022- actualidad)

Miembros anteriores
 Carsten Van Helsing - guitarra (1981)
 Jan Linblad - batería (1981)
 Timi Hansen - bajo (1981-1985, 1993, 2009, 2011)
 Nick Smith - batería (1981)
 Kim Ruzz - batería (1981-1985)
 Benny Petersen - guitarra
 Michael Denner - guitarra (1982-1985, 1993-1996, 2009, 2011)
 Morten Nielsen - batería (1993)
 Snowy Shaw - batería (1993-1994)
 Sharlee D'Angelo - bajo (1993-1999)
Joey Vera (2019 -2022)

Discografía

 1983: Melissa
 1984: Don't Break the Oath
 1993: In the Shadows
 1994: Time
 1996: Into the Unknown
 1998: Dead Again
 1999: 9

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página web oficial
 Myspace oficial

Grupos de heavy metal
Grupos de rock de Dinamarca
Grupos de heavy metal de Dinamarca
Grupos de black metal de Dinamarca
Artistas de Roadrunner Records


The virtual test axle kinematics is a tool programmed in python that helps the understanding of how works the suspension systems. In this tool, the Double Wishbone, McPherson and Multi-link axle kinematics are available.
More details about this project are available soon!


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Кыддзявидзь (от  — берёзовый и  — луг, покос, пожня) — посёлок на правом берегу реки Луза в Прилузском районе Республики Коми. Входит в состав сельского поселения Вухтым.

В поселке есть 2 продуктовых магазина, начальная школа-детский сад, фельдшерский пункт и одна детская площадка перед школой в центре.
В Кыддьзявидзе ведётся заготовка леса, чем и живёт поселок.
В селе нет главы, глава находится в селе Вухтым.
Поселок находится в 21 км от села Объячево и в 9 км от поселка Вухтым.

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Населённые пункты Прилузского района


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The 2003 Yuen Long District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 29 elected members to the 42-member District Council.

Overall election results
Before election:

Change in composition:

References

External links
 Election Results - Overall Results

2003 Hong Kong local elections