Tens of thousands of workers turned out today in Brisbane in a show of community support to change the rules to address growing inequality in Australia. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said Queensland workers were concerned that ...
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New laws mean that all Labour Hire companies operating in Queensland must be licensed and operators will need to pass a ‘fit and proper person test’ to establish that they comply with all relevant laws and that their business is ...
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Queensland Unions have welcomed today’s Parliamentary inquiry report which recommends criminalising wage theft and changing laws to make it easier for workers to reclaim stolen wages. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said the scourge of wage theft ...
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The peak body for working people has launched a month-long advertising campaign calling on Queenslanders to join national action for change. Television and radio ads started yesterday in Queensland electorates, with regional rallies in October culminating in a major Brisbane ...
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"In a fragmented industry largely unencumbered by regulators or unions, there appears to be little fear of being caught out doing the wrong thing." ...
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Unions ACT have launched a report on the experiences of young women in the workplace, which finds young women were more likely than their male counterparts to be casual or underpaid at work. More than 200 young people were surveyed, ...
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Criminalising wage theft and creating an industrial division of the Magistrates Court are two of several measures recommended in the QCU’s submission to the Queensland Parliament’s inquiry into wage theft. Public hearings for the Inquiry begin today and the Queensland ...
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Queensland Unions say today’s byelection win to Labor’s Susan Lamb in Longman shows the LNP has lost the referendum on which priorities are important to Australians. Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan said Longman voters showed they wanted ...
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