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Thousands of workers on the NSW south coast could lose crucial penalty rates and workplace entitlements if the Australian Retailers Association’s application to the Fair Work Commission succeeds, new data has revealed. The proposed cuts seek to abolish overtime, weekend and evening penalty rates, reduce rest time between shifts, remove work breaks and scrap annual … Continued
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Thousands of workers on the NSW Central Coast could lose crucial penalty rates and workplace entitlements if the Australian Retailers Association’s application to the Fair Work Commission succeeds, new data has revealed. The proposed cuts seek to abolish overtime, weekend and evening penalty rates, reduce rest time between shifts, remove work breaks and scrap annual … Continued
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Thousands of workers in western Sydney could lose crucial penalty rates and workplace entitlements if the Australian Retailers Association’s application to the Fair Work Commission succeeds, new data has revealed. The proposed cuts seek to abolish overtime, weekend and evening penalty rates, reduce rest time between shifts, remove work breaks and scrap annual leave loading … Continued
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About 450 workers at Tahmoor underground mine in NSW are off work on full pay after SIMEC halted operations for four weeks due to financial pressure, the Mining and Energy Union said today. The MEU welcomes the decision by SIMEC to retain their workforce in the current circumstances where the company’s financial position has affected supply … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union has demanded an urgent federal parliamentary inquiry into university governance after Monash University admitted underpaying staff $7.6 million. The new wage theft revelations at Monash are additional to $10 million in previous underpayments at the university, and millions more in alleged underpayments NTEU is pursuing in the Federal Court for … Continued
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The Australian Services Union hopes this will be the last Christmas that disability support workers are shortchanged $200, as the Fair Work Commission hears closing arguments in a wage theft case today and tomorrow. The ASU and other unions are fighting to stop NDIS providers from misclassifying disability support workers as lower-paid home care staff, … Continued
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Union secures record-breaking pay rises and EB outcome for SA police officers The Police Association has negotiated a historic enterprise bargaining deal for its members, with lead negotiator and president Wade Burns saying it’s a necessary outcome in the quest to avert the retention crisis gripping policing in SA. Pivotal to the new arrangement are … Continued
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Workers at Weddin Shire Council have taken a snap action protesting against over casualisaton of the workforce. Members have reported to their union, the United Services Union (USU), staff have been forced to work in casualised positions but working full time hours with no real job security. The arrangement has fuelled ongoing concerns … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union has welcomed the Fair Work Ombudsman ordering $23 million in stolen wages to be repaid to University of Sydney staff. The decision marks the second significant win for workers this week after it was revealed the University of Melbourne would repay $72 million owed to staff. Both enforceable … Continued
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The National Tertiary Education Union has called for the Fair Work Ombudsman’s new anti-wage theft model at the University of Melbourne – which underpaid workers $72 million – to be adopted nationally. The university has entered into a comprehensive enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman over the underpayments which affected more than 25,000 staff. … Continued
