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!
What to do if you are sexually harassed at work
February 22, 2021
When former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins shared her account of sexual assault in the workplace, it sent shockwaves through Parliament and the wider community.
But for many women, what emerged from the headlines was a distressingly familiar story of toxic workplace cultures, unacceptable tolerance of sexual harassment, and a complete failure of those in charge to protect victims.
It may have changed, but Morrison’s IR bill is still a threat to workers
February 19, 2021
The Morrison Government’s backdown on one of the most dangerous parts of its industrial relations bill is a step in the right direction for workers—but this fight is far from over.
Morrison’s dangerous IR bill takes aim at take-home pay and secure work
February 8, 2021
Part-time workers stand to lose thousands in personal income, while others may be denied secure work altogether under proposed industrial relations changes, warns independent think tank, Per Capita.
Why the Government’s IR Bill is so dangerous and extreme
The Senate Inquiry into the Government’s dangerous and extreme industrial relations Bill has just begun.
The Morrison Government’s industrial relations bill will hurt workers, and hurt the economy
February 5, 2021
With Federal Parliament back in session, the fight over the Morrison Government’s Industrial Relations Bill is heating up.
Australian Unions oppose the Coalition’s dangerous plans—because they’re bad for wages, bad for workers’ conditions, and bad for the economy.
Big business and the Morrison Government want to cut your wages and your rights at work
February 3, 2021
The Morrison Government wants to rush through laws to cut your rights at work. These laws will hurt all workers.
Meet the hardest working man in snow business
December 20, 2020
It’s the Xmas edition of On the Job, so Francis and Sally meet the one person who is definitely happy to be working Xmas Day – Santa.
Winding back JobSeeker will send an extra 190,000 Australians into poverty
December 18, 2020
Chief economist for the independent think tank The Australia Institute, Dr Richard Denniss, has labelled…
Someone is messing with your rights at work – what you need to know
December 10, 2020
A new Industrial Relations (IR) law that will allow employers to cut the wages and conditions of workers has just been introduced.
Secure jobs with decent pay and conditions key to “a better normal after COVID-19″
December 2, 2020
Shadow Minister for Education and Training, the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP says Australians deserve a “better normal” for the sacrifices made during the pandemic including jobs “that are secure with decent pay and conditions”.