Media Releases: 2020
IR changes will allow employers to cut pay and conditions
Media Release - December 8, 2020
The Morrison Government’s omnibus IR Bill will allow employers to make agreements that cut the wages and conditions of workers.
New report shows majority of casuals do not receive loading and have regular hours
Media Release - December 8, 2020
More than half of casual workers probably do not receive the legal 25 per cent loading in their pay according to a new report by Professor David Peetz of Griffith University, ‘What do the data on casuals really mean?’, which outlines the ways casual jobs allow employers to reduce workers’ rights and entitlements.
ACTU briefs Super Trustees Forum on campaign against attacks on super
Media Release - December 4, 2020
ACTU President will update superannuation trustees on preparations being made by the peak body for working people to defend workers’ retirement savings today at the ACTU’s Superannuation Trustees Forum.
ACTU: Greenfield agreements will not be supported if workers lose rights
Media Release - December 3, 2020
ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus says that the union movement will not support any extension of greenfield agreements in the absence of additional safeguards for workers.
Relatives of workers killed on the job speak in Canberra to push for nation-wide industrial manslaughter laws
Media Release - December 3, 2020
183 Australians were killed at their workplace in 2019 – an increase of 37 avoidable deaths since 2018 and the first increase since 2007.
Aged care funding papers over chronic problems
Media Release - December 1, 2020
The Morrison Government’s response to the Aged Care Royal Commission recommendations on COVID-19 will not provide the staffing levels, training, or transparency needed to end the crisis in aged care.
Australian unions join a global day of action to stop trade union repression in the Philippines
Media Release - November 30, 2020
The Australian union movement stands with unionists in the Philippines who have become the target of frequent attacks, with 50 union members and officials killed in extra-judicial violence during the period of President Duterte’s administration. The ACTU is participating in a Global Day of Action today to draw attention to the treatment of unionists in the Philippines.
Renewable energy sector can create tens of thousands of secure jobs
Media Release - November 28, 2020
Despite employing 27,000 people and being one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy, Australia’s renewables sector has so far created too many insecure jobs, and action needs to be taken to ensure that its potential as a source of secure employment is realised.
Court rejects Qantas workers bid for sick leave
Media Release - November 27, 2020
Qantas workers, including those battling cancer and heart disease, will not be allowed to access accrued sick leave after a federal court ruling this morning.
Employers must step up to close gender pay gap
Media Release - November 26, 2020
More than 45 per cent of employers who take the preliminary step of analysing the gender pay gap in their workplace take no follow up action, according to data released this morning by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
