floods

Work rights and support during floods and heavy rains

Date Published: 19/01/2023
Category: Work Health and Safety

If you have been impacted by the recent floods in South Australia or Western Australia, or the heavy rain in Queensland, this information will help you plan your next steps.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2023/01/19/work-rights-and-support-during-floods-and-heavy-rains/

Climate change is messing with our mental health

Date Published: 11/01/2023
Category: Climate

The record-breaking floods in the Kimberley that have kicked off 2023 have showed that the detrimental effects of climate change to mental health are all too real.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2023/01/11/climate-change-is-messing-with-our-mental-health/

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

Date Published: 23/03/2022
Category: Workers rights

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. 

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/03/23/keeping-safe-your-rights-at-work-and-support-during-the-flood-crisis/

Calls for Jobkeeper in flood zones to save struggling communities

Date Published: 18/03/2022
Category: On The Job

“There’s a high level of casualisation in the workforce there, insecure work,  and I think unless people have got something to connect them to their employer, many are going to think – I’m just going to go.”

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2022/03/18/calls-for-jobkeeper-in-flood-zones-to-save-struggling-communities/

As the floods recede, workers are being sold down the river

Date Published: 26/03/2021
Category: Analysis Workers rights Working life

This week’s floods in New South Wales are a warning of things to come—and of what we must do to support workers through the challenges of climate change, writes Chloe Ward.

https://www.australianunions.org.au/2021/03/26/as-the-floods-recede-workers-are-being-sold-down-the-river/