Media Releases 2023
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Recent Media Releases
Casual workers earn $11.59 less per hour than permanent employees
May 22, 2023
Casual workers are falling further behind their permanently employed counterparts, new research by the ACTU shows.
Across the board, casual employees earn $11.59 less per hour than their permanent counterparts: $28.95 per hour versus $40.54. This is a pay gap of 28.6% which has been growing steadily since 2016 and is now the highest on record.
Casual workers earn $11.59 less per hour than permanent employees
May 22, 2023
Casual workers are falling further behind their permanently employed counterparts, new research by the ACTU shows.
Across the board, casual employees earn $11.59 less per hour than their permanent counterparts: $28.95 per hour versus $40.54. This is a pay gap of 28.6% which has been growing steadily since 2016 and is now the highest on record.
Rising unemployment sounds warning to Reserve Bank
May 18, 2023
Labour market figures released today show unemployment is rising steadily: from 3.5% in March (later revised up to 3.6%) and now to 3.7% in April.
Wages growth under way but still lagging cost of living
May 17, 2023
As the Fair Work Commission holds its hearing of the Annual Wage Review today, Wage Price Index figures released today show wages growth is 3.7% for the year to March 23, up from 3.3% for the year to December 2022.
Budget acts on wages, health, energy transition and cost of living
May 9, 2023
The Albanese Government has taken another step towards delivering on its mandate to get wages moving for working people and to provide cost-of-living relief.
We have a Right to Know! The Rotterdam Convention must be modernised to protect human health and the environment.
May 9, 2023
The Rotterdam Convention again remains paralysed by the tactics of Industry and a small group of countries, that block the listing of highly hazardous chemicals and pesticides, including chrysotile asbestos, that cause death and significant harm to human health and the environment.
Important extension of support for single parents welcome
May 8, 2023
The ACTU welcomes today’s announcement that the Labor Government will raise the age cut-off for the Parenting Payment (Single) from 8 to 14.
Tax change to compel gas giants to pay fair share
May 7, 2023
The ACTU welcomes changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) announced this morning that will raise $2.4 billion by closing loopholes on offshore liquefied natural gas projects.
New National Net Zero Authority a win for workers and climate
May 5, 2023
The ACTU welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement today of a new National Net Zero Authority to support workers and their communities and to deliver a just transition to a net zero emissions economy.
The new Authority will help maximise the benefits and minimise the risks of Australia’s energy transition, driving the creation of good jobs in new industries and ensuring no worker or community is left behind.
Would you like fines with that? McDonald’s franchisee admits to union busting
May 4, 2023
The McDonald’s franchisee in Murray Bridge, South Australia, has admitted to unlawfully discouraging workers from joining their union and paid a penalty of $275,000.
The SDA, the union which brought the case, believes it is a world-first that a McDonald’s franchise has admitted to engaging in an unlawful campaign to deunionise its workforce.
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