November 1, 2010
Jockeys have the most dangerous land-based job in Australia, with fatality statistics over the last 25 years confirming they are the group of workers most likely to be killed at work.
October 29, 2010
Assistant Secretary Geoff Fary has announced today that he will be leaving the ACTU to head up a new organisation to manage and remove asbestos in Australian workplaces and households.
October 29, 2010
The Coalition’s support for a flat tax system would result in the average Australian worker paying more income tax while high-income earners would pay less and would dramatically widen the gap between rich and poor.
October 19, 2010
Wages for working Australians are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living despite company profits rebounding strongly from the Global Financial Crisis.
October 18, 2010
An Australian-first family violence leave entitlement in a new local government agreement could become the template for all workplaces.
October 15, 2010
Unions will be spreading the word about the new Paid Parental Leave scheme to begin in January to ensure that all workers are aware of their new entitlement and how to apply for it.
October 12, 2010
The ACTU and unions will reject the proposed attempt by the federal coalition and business lobbyists to turn Australia’s new paid parental leave into a welfare payment rather than a workplace entitlement.
October 8, 2010
Today’s decision by Fair Work Australia not to vary the modern retail award and to preserve a minimum three-hour call out will protect the wages of hundreds of thousands of casual workers around Australia.
October 7, 2010
Too many Australians are failing to enjoy ‘decent work’ because of precarious employment and undermining of their rights by employers.
October 4, 2010
Casual, part time and contract work is gradually overtaking permanent full time employment as the standard type of job for the majority of working Australians.
