| Select your State Union |
 |
|
 |
Women
Australian Workplace Agreements
New IR system is bad for women: WEL
By Suzanne Hammond
Women’s Electoral Lobby
Women's Electoral Lobby stated today that the new Federal Industrial Relations laws will worsen the wages, conditions and employment rights for women.
Women's Electoral Lobby stated today that the new Federal Industrial Relations laws will worsen the wages, conditions and employment rights for women.
The changes to the unfair dismissal legislation will deny many women workers rights when they are unfairly dismissed. The changes to the award system and reduction to five minimum employment standards will mean that many women will be forced into accepting individual contracts which only provide workers with a bare five minimum entitlements. Individual contracts will no longer be benchmarked against award standards.
The changes to the setting of the minimum wage massively undermines the independence of having a fair minimum rate set.
The new unitary Federal system will mean that gains made in equal remuneration cases in the State system will now be lost.
Women's Electoral Lobby suggest that women contact their members of parliament to protest on these radical changes.
|
|
| Select your State Union |
|
|
|
