March 9, 2011
With a gender pay gap of about 17% and appallingly low rates of women in senior positions in the workplace, it is time for employers to face stronger enforcement of equal opportunity laws.
March 9, 2011
Adelaide building worker Ark Tribe was tonight honoured for his brave stand for his rights at work with a special award from the ACTU.
March 8, 2011
On a day of celebration of a century of advances for women in the workplace, unions are redoubling efforts to achieve true gender equality by closing the 18 per cent pay gap.
March 4, 2011
A new working group to manage the outcome of a landmark equal pay test case is an important step towards closing the gender gap, but in the end it still depends on a positive decision from Fair Work Australia.
February 28, 2011
A National Disability Insurance Scheme is long overdue and could stand alongside Medicare and compulsory superannuation as a landmark social reform.
February 25, 2011
A price on pollution is vital to open the door to investment in clean energy technologies and create jobs for future generations.
February 24, 2011
The Liberal Party’s unshakeable addiction to WorkChoices has been exposed again today with another influential Liberal calling for a return to the workplace laws so resoundingly rejected by Australian voters.
February 24, 2011
New mothers’ connection with the workplace will be protected following the rejection by Parliament today of a Coalition attempt to weaken the Paid Parental Leave scheme.
February 21, 2011
Major reforms are needed to Australia’s apprenticeship system to meet the future skills needs of the Australian economy and its workforce.
February 18, 2011
The 2010 ALP National Review Report has reaffirmed the historic shared mission of the union movement and the Labor Party to create a more prosperous, fairer and more inclusive Australia.
