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Pay commissioner pockets 53% pay rise over two years: workers hope for same
13 June 2008
A decision by the Remuneration Tribunal to give public office holders a 4.3% pay rise from 1 July 2008 sets the benchmark for what low paid working Australians should at least expect from the forthcoming Fair Pay Commission minimum wage case decision says the ACTU.
Urgent information on salary packaging and SACS workers
5 June 2008
By ASU - the social and community services (SACS) industry union
As a result of recommendations by a Howard Government Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support back in May 2005, a number of changes are being made to the way that income is calculated by Centrelink for the purpose of determining Family Assistance payments.
Woolworth’s joins ranks of businesses that see the benefit of paid maternity leave
5 June 2008
The ACTU welcomes today’s announcement by major retailer Woolworth’s to offer its female employees access to eight weeks paid maternity leave on the birth of a child.
Qantas cuts to jobs, services and staff wages are short-sighted say unions
29 may 2008
The decision by Qantas management to cut airline services, slash jobs and reduce real wages for staff is short-sighted and will lead to lower standards and quality at the airline in the long term say unions.
14 weeks for all women - ACTU paid maternity scheme affordable and good for families
27 May 2008
All Australian women would benefit from a national paid maternity leave scheme which allows for a minimum of 14 weeks leave at full pay as proposed by the ACTU in its submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into paid parental leave.
No Qantas staff so passengers left on plane
26 May 2008
Qantas has apologised to more than 200 passengers who were forced to wait on a plane on the tarmac of PerthAirport for nearly three hours early on Saturday morning because no staff were on duty at the terminal.
Unions continue campaign for workers’ rights with new TV advertising campaign
25 May 2008
The ACTU will continue its conversation with working Australians about their rights at work, through an advertising campaign launched on Sunday 25 May.
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