Impacts of cuts to penalty rates and aged care
These two research papers done for the ANMF in the lead-up to the 2016 federal election examine: Penalty Rate Impacts Budget MYEFO Cuts Aged Care Impacts
Save Our Weekend this Federal Election
We must protect penalty rates – Fair Work Commission 11 April
Penalty Rates Press Conference 21/12/15
Government attempts to justify assault on penalty rates
The release of the Trade Union Royal Commission’s final report, just days after the Productivity Commission’s workplace relations review, is further evidence that the Royal Commission has been used by the Coalition Government to pursue its own political ends. This Royal Commission was a political exercise from the start. The Coalition Government will attempt to […]
Turnbull must reject Productivity Commission call to cut take-home pay
On the eve of Christmas, the Productivity Commission has recommended cutting the take-home pay of Australia’s lowest-paid workers. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must now reject these recommendations and give certainty to families who rely on weekend penalty rates. “This is an attack on the pay and rights of the hardest-working Australians. Employees who work on […]
Government’s Productivity Commission attacks low paid workers
Hundreds of thousands of workers and their families will struggle to make ends meet if the Government adopts the Productivity Commission recommendation to cut penalty rates for retail and hospitality workers. The final version Federal Government’s Productivity Commission Report into the Workplace Relations Framework, officially released today, recommends cutting penalty rates for workers in industries […]
Save our Weekend: Nurse Christmas
No Christmas joy for nurses worried about penalty rates
While families across Australia are busy making Christmas plans, members of the country’s largest health and aged care union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), are busy planning shift work away from their loved ones. With the looming threat of losing penalty rates and loadings for working around the clock to provide life-saving nursing […]
Nurses and midwives stand with all workers in fight for penalty rates
Central Coast and Hunter members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have joined with workers from the aged care, retail and hospitality sectors to defend their penalty rates against future attacks by the Abbott Government. The NSWNMA is supporting a campaign led by local unions, including United Voice and the Shop, Distributive and […]
