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Labour Day 2008
May 5, 2008
Planning to stay? Planning to Leave - a seminar about work options for older workers
April 23, 2008
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Latest News
Bill kills WorkChoices
20 March 2008
TRADES Hall vowed to push for more union-friendly IR laws yesterday as WorkChoices was officially declared "dead and buried".
Unions welcome ban on new AWAs & call on employers to allow workers collective agreements
19 March 2008
Unions today welcomed the ban on new Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) which passed through Parliament today.
Unions reject employer bid for pay cuts: low paid workers must get decent pay rise
14 March 2008
As submissions close today (Friday) for the Fair Pay Commission’s 2008 minimum wage deliberations, the ACTU repeats its call for a $26 a week pay rise for the low paid, rejecting bids by employer groups for real pay cuts for minimum wage workers.
Give low paid workers $26 a week pay rise and curb executive salaries
12 March 2008
ACTU Secretary Jeff Lawrence will announce for the first time today (Wednesday) that unions will seek a $26 a week pay rise for 1.6 million Australian workers that rely on minimum award wages in this year’s national Minimum Wage Case.
Tax Office ruling rocks Victorian community health centres
07 March 2008
By ASU - the social and community services (SACS) industry union
The Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association (VHIA) and the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) have received advice from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) regarding the status of community health centres in Victoria. This advice confirms a past ruling that the government control of community health centres means they can be characterised as government organisations, and so they are unable to be charitable or benevolent institutions. This means salary packaging utilizing the tax status of a Victorian community health centre will no longer be available to employees from 31 March 2008.
Young and vulnerable worker becomes MP
5 March 2008
The new federal Member for Kingston in South Australia, Amanda Rishworth, has acknowledged her past as a "young and vulnerable worker" in her first speech in the Australian Parliament.
Equal pay, stronger rights for women would boost Australian economy: Women still earning over $180 a week less than men
7 March 2008
Equal pay and stronger rights for women will be the focus of discussions at today’s International Women’s Day – Working Women’s Summit held by the ACTU.
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