Victorian Trades Hall Council. The voice of Victorian workers since 1856.Victorian Trades Hall Council. The voice of Victorian workers since 1856.

Industrial Relations Changes

Eight key impacts:

Issue 1: Effectively abolishing awards

  • It’s a step backwards for Australian workers
  • It will make it easier to demand longer working hours and there will be less family time
  • It will benefit business at the expense of workers
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Issue 2:  Keeping minimum wages low

  • It will reduce living standards for working people
  • It will create a US-style system of working poor in Australia
  • We need an independent umpire to set minimum  wages that are fair 
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Issue 3: Using individual contracts to undercut existing rights

  • It will force more workers into casualised jobs
  • Working people will lose their right to negotiate or bargain collectively
  • It will mean a drop in living standards
  • It will affect workers' ability to be active family and community members
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Issue 4: Keeping unions out of workplaces and reducing
workers’ bargaining rights

  • It will reduce union's ability to protect workers' rights
  • t will reduce workers' entitlements and safety at work 
  • It will not just affect workers - it will affect everyone
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Issue 5: Abolishing unfair dismissal laws for four million workers employed in companies of less than 100 staff

  • It will take away the rights of workers who work in organisations with less that 100 workers
  • It will take away job security of those workers 
  • It will make workers disposable
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Issue 6: Taking away the powers of the independent umpire

  • It will take away the Commission's ability to ensure minimum wages and decent workplace standards 
  • It will lower workplace standards and put workers' health and safety at risk
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Issue 7: Annual leave entitlements could be cut to two weeks

  • It will push pressure on workers to reduce their annual leave to two weeks
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Issue 8: Impact on already disadvantaged workers

  • It will have the worst impact on those workers and families who are already struggling, including women and migrants.

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