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September 24, 2019
The proposal by Christian Porter – reported this morning – to introduce penalties for workers in some unfair dismissal claims will tip the balance even further towards employers.
September 24, 2019
Yet another big business – this time Sunglass Hut – is paying a meagre “contrition payment” after ripping off 620 of its workers by $2.3 million over six years.
September 19, 2019
The ACTU welcomes a move by Christian Porter to consider increasing the penalties for wage theft but warns its only window dressing unless the enforcement regime is addressed to ensure all working people who have had their wages stolen get low-cost access to a means of recovering their stolen wages
September 19, 2019
The Morrison Government’s Putting Members Interest First Bill, which will leave almost 1.9 million Australian workers at risk of destitution in event of a workplace accident or injury, passed the Senate this afternoon.
September 19, 2019
Unemployment has increased to 5.3 per cent and underemployment has increased to 8.6 per cent according to data released this morning by the ABS.
September 18, 2019
The Morrison Government has reintroduced a bill to provide an amnesty for all theft of superannuation since the first day of the superannuation system.
September 17, 2019
The ACTU mourns the loss of Joe Isaac, a gifted economist who made a remarkable contribution to the public discourse surrounding industrial relations over the last 60 years.
September 17, 2019
The heads of Australia’s biggest businesses are taking home pay packets and bonuses of up to $23.9 million, while working people are struggling to make ends meet.
September 12, 2019
The Australian union movement continues its campaign against the undemocratic, anti-worker and anti-union Ensuring Integrity bill at Senate inquiry hearings beginning tonight in Canberra.
September 12, 2019
The peak body for working people have called on the Morrison Government for urgent action after the deaths of two workers in just 24 hours.
