Employee Rights

Australia rates poorly in global investigation into worker abuse

Written by Super User on 09 June 2016.

Workers across the world — including Australia — are being denied important basic human rights, a new global investigation warns.

The new International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) Global Rights Index ranks countries on how well they protect employment rights including freedom of association, collective bargaining and the right to strike.

Fighting back against the generalised JDF

Written by Megan Klymiuk on 09 March 2018.

Budget cuts for staff in any workplace brings with it a number of risks – spiralling overtime, higher levels of stress and an expectation that everyone left needs to ‘step up.’ What happens when ‘stepping up’ or ‘embracing change’ means that your Job Description Form (JDF) suddenly becomes unrecognisable to you?

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