Media Releases
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Recent Media Releases
Unions continue to improve superannuation on its 30-year anniversary
July 1, 2022
Two hard fought for union wins are being implemented today, with the superannuation guarantee increasing from 10 to 10.5 per cent, and the $450 per month minimum earnings threshold for superannuation payments being abolished.
Disaster Payment cuts will hit frontline workers hardest
July 1, 2022
The decision by the Albanese Government to axe the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment will mean a return to the earliest and most costly mistakes of the pandemic, with frontline healthcare workers and thousands of others forced to make impossible choices between obeying isolation rules and paying their bills.
Morrison Government decision set to cut paid pandemic leave despite nearly 200,000 weekly cases
June 30, 2022
The Albanese Government must act to reverse a Morrison Government decision that will cut all federally supported pandemic leave for Australian workers from today, despite ongoing waves of infection with 196,360 cases identified and 331 deaths last week alone.
Access to childcare, skills and training can fill growing job vacancies
June 30, 2022
Job vacancies have doubled since before the pandemic, with 480,100 current job vacancies in Australia according to data released by the ABS today, amplifying the need to increase labour force participation through training and access to Early Childhood Education and Care.
Years of inaction widens gender pay gap
June 27, 2022
Almost a decade of inaction on the gender pay gap under the previous Government has resulted in women continuing to earn less than men in every age bracket, according to data released today by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
ACTU welcomes ALP’s commitment to including 10 days paid FDV Leave in the NES
June 17, 2022
The ACTU welcomes Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Burke’s commitment that enshrining paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave in the National Employment Standards will be his first legislative priority.
Unions win historic wage increase
June 15, 2022
The Fair Work Commission has today decided to increase wages for a quarter of Australian workers – 5.2 per cent for those on the minimum wage and 4.6 per cent or $40 per week for those reliant on award wages, whichever is higher.
Health and safety recognised as a fundamental right at work by the International Labour Organisation
June 11, 2022
After years of campaigning by workers globally, the right to a healthy and safe workplace has been adopted as a new fundamental right at this year’s International Labour Conference in Geneva.
NSW Government must act swiftly on silica recommendations
June 10, 2022
The ACTU is urging the NSW government to implement all of the recommendations from the Parliamentary Standing Committee 2021 Review of the Dust Diseases Scheme, released today.
Employers ignoring strong productivity growth and record profits as they push for wage cuts
June 9, 2022
Employer groups continue to push for pay cuts and delayed pay increases in their submissions to the Annual Wage Review, despite evidence of strong productivity growth and record profits.
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