Media Releases 2015
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Recent Media Releases
Employers need to support women returning to work after pregnancy
February 16, 2015
The response from employers to a new claim for award agreements that will help women return to work part time or on reduced hours after parental leave is out of touch with modern Australia.
Push for new workplace rights on pregnancy discrimination and domestic violence
February 16, 2015
Australian Unions are lodging a claim with the Fair Work Commission to give more than four million Australian workers who are covered by an award the right to return to work after parental leave either part time or on reduced hours.
Budget cuts won’t Close the Gap on Indigenous unemployment
February 11, 2015
The Abbott Government’s lack of progress in closing the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is disappointing but unsurprising, given it cut more than half a billion from Indigenous programs.
Abbott Government on notice – union campaigns kick off
February 6, 2015
A new survey of more than 43,000 people shows working Australians feel anxious about their living standards and are deeply dissatisfied with the Abbott Government’s policies and the direction it is taking Australia.
Plan for more temporary work visas will push up unemployment
February 3, 2015
The review of Australia’s skilled migration system has ignored the impact the growing number of foreign workers on temporary visas is having on Australia’s job market and unemployment – particularly young people.
Time to take genuine action for working women
February 2, 2015
Prime Minister Tony Abbott must increase childcare funding and improve the existing paid parental leave system after scrapping his signature paid parental leave policy.
Tony Abbott on notice – Queenslanders reject attacks on workers and living standards
February 1, 2015
Queenslanders have sent a clear message to the Newman and Abbott Governments that they will not sit back while health, education, public services and workers’ rights are attacked.
Biggest study of workplace relations in 20 years shows no need for Abbott’s Productivity Commission inquiry
January 30, 2015
A new report by the Fair Work Commission shows there is no evidence to support the need for a Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace relations.
Is this the last Australia Day workers will be paid penalty rates?
January 23, 2015
The Productivity Commission inquiry into workplace laws is another example of the Abbott Government trying to cut wages and rights at work.
Australian unions in solidarity with Greek workers
January 16, 2015
Australian Unions have expressed solidarity with the people of Greece and their labour movement ahead of the Greek election on January 25.
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