***MEDIA ALERT***
When: 12.30pm, Wednesday 14 August 2024
Where: 231-237 Mann Street, Gosford
Who: Central coast child protection workers and Public Service Association Assistant NSW General Secretary Troy Wright
Contact: Anil Lambert 0416 426 722 / Troy Wright 0488 373 209
Another worker has been killed at a CleanAway site. Another family is grieving. Another preventable tragedy has occurred under Comcare’s watch. Last night, a…
New analysis from Unions NSW indicates that workers forgoing just one hour of penalty rates over the Christmas and New Year period could amount to more than $30 million in lost wages. A statewide compliance push over December and January is underway amid growing concerns employers will test the boundaries on pay and conditions during the Christmas rush. Assistant Secretary of Unions NSW Thomas Costa said the advice to workers is simple: in a cost of living crisis workers should not just know their rights, but enforce them. “Every year we see employers try to shave a little off public…
The Mining and Energy Union has welcomed today’s Federal Court decision confirming that the Closing Loopholes laws give workplace delegates the right to represent workers on site regardless of labour hire or employment arrangements, delivering a significant win for workers and their unions across Australia.The decision follows a legal challenge brought by the MEU, with the support of the ACTU and its affiliates, after the Fair Work Commission inserted a delegates’ rights clause into modern awards that significantly limited the scope of the rights Parliament intended to provide. Under the Closing Loopholes legislation, workplace delegates were granted new statutory rights…
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