Unions are alarmed at a decision by the Fair Work Commission which will see the pay packets of the most vulnerable in our working community reduced by 14% on Sundays. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said that the Fair Work Commission has carved out the most vulnerable workers and decided that they are entitled to less. […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has vowed to fight any attempts by the Abbott Government to abolish penalty rates and other workplace awards for nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing. Acting ANMF Federal Secretary, Yvonne Chaperon, warned that stripping away workplace awards would only compound Australia’s critical shortage of nurses, with Australia needing […]
Low-paid hospitality workers will be the winners from a Fair Work Australia decision to reject a Restaurant and Caterers’ Association bid to scrap penalty rates on Saturdays and Sundays. ACTU president Ged Kearney said the decision recognised the importance of penalty rates in compensating workers for working unsociable hours. “Workers in hospitality should be relieved […]
Today’s report by the Tourism and Transport Forum calling for penalty rates to be reduced for tourism operators is more evidence of a growing push by business to remove penalty rates, the ACTU said today. ACTU President Ged Kearney said the report ignored the economic benefits of penalty rates and the fact that many low-paid […]
Australians’ enjoyment of the biggest sporting weekend of the year is under threat from a push by employers and politicians to create a 24/7 economy and abolish penalty rates, say unions. The ACTU has called on Parliament to reject a push to strip penalty rates from hundreds of thousands of workers , including those who […]
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