Rights at Work

Protecting Your Rights At Work

The “Rights at Work” category empowers workers with essential knowledge about their workplace rights and entitlements. Explore resources that explain leave entitlements, workplace safety standards, and protections against unfair dismissal. Learn how union members ensure every worker has access to fair treatment and safe working conditions.

Stand Up For Fairness And Equity

Understanding your workplace rights is the first step toward achieving equity and fairness at work. This section covers key topics such as minimum wage laws, casual worker protections, and superannuation rights, providing you with the knowledge to address workplace challenges confidently.

Collective Power To Protect Your Future

Union members work together to safeguard workers’ rights, from fighting against wage theft to improving job security. Discover how collective action drives change and creates a future where fairness is at the heart of every workplace.

See our articles below for more information about your rights at work!

Working public holidays? Make sure you’re getting the right pay

April 14, 2022

If you’re a casual worker putting in hours this public holiday, you should make sure you’re being paid your weekend and public holiday penalty rates.

Is your boss anti-union? How to spot the signs

April 6, 2022

If you and your colleagues are looking to unionise your workplace or join a union, keep an eye out for these 4 red flags from your employer.

4 times union members stood up for their workmates and won better workplaces

April 6, 2022

It’s just what union members do – we show up for workers and ensure no one is left behind.

You’re never alone when you’re a union member

March 31, 2022

You already know the advantages to being a union member. Now we want the rest of working Australia to know too.

Keeping safe: your rights at work and support during the flood crisis

March 23, 2022

Impacted by the Queensland and NSW floods? These are the plans to put in place, your leave entitlements, how stand downs work and the Government payments you may be eligible to access.

Paid Family and Domestic Leave – we’ve waited long enough

February 28, 2022

All workers deserve the time, support, and job security to safely escape and recover from an abusive relationship.

The Right to Disconnect: allowing workers to properly unplug

February 23, 2022

If your boss calls or emails you outside work hours, do you reply? Too many of us do.

Australian Unions have recognised how the working from home requirement during the pandemic has exacerbated a problem across the workforce: the struggle to disconnect.