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!
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”.
Gender bias still a big player in sport
November 25, 2020
Australia’s most capped netball coach, Lisa Alexander, says it’s time the “weight of numbers” shifted. The highly experienced former Australian Diamonds boss recently applied for the now-filled senior coaching position at AFL club North Melbourne and was told she wouldn’t be receiving an interview.
Paid pandemic leave – what is it and why do we need it?
August 10, 2020
In what’s been an already devasting year, it’s fair to say Victorians have had an especially rough week.
Paid pandemic leave for all
July 9, 2020
After tribunal rejection, ACTU doubles down on paid pandemic leave for all.
IR reform discussions
June 25, 2020
Check out our special briefing from Sally McManus about the discussions that we are having with the Morrison Government.
With IR reform ahead, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus says a crucial lesson from the COVID-19 crisis is the importance of working together.
June 17, 2020
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