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nationalemployementstandards272x193New protections and Minimum Standards for All Australian Workers from 1 January 2010

From 1 January, all Australian workers will be protected by a strong safety net of 10 minimum standards, that cannot be taken away. These standards are particularly important for young and vulnerable workers.

 

 

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Boat licensing chaos results in statewide strike today
Friday, 03 September 2010

24 NSW Maritime offices have closed across the state today as customer service officers strike over management’s refusal to acknowledge the failure of its chaotic new licensing software.

The NSW Ma [ ... ]


Sydney Water: Annual Leave - the Facts!
Tuesday, 03 August 2010

Recently the ASU has become aware of Sydney Water attempting to use a variety of different methods to force members to take Annual Leave and reduce their accrued leave balances.


Barry O’Farrell will privatise billions of dollars worth of public services (Australian Financial Review)
Tuesday, 03 August 2010

The NSW Opposition Leader, Barry O’Farrell has announced his intention to radically re-write the NSW Planning Act to open up NSW for greater competition for the private provision of public services. [ ... ]


Sydney Water Civil Maintenance Work Value Review
Friday, 30 July 2010

Civil Maintenance workers at Sydney Water have been paid the same classification since 1991. These rates were locked into successive Awards and Agreements and have not been reviewed in the 19 years th [ ... ]


Fair Work Australia rules Sydney Water WRONG on competency programs - ASU Right On Every Count
Thursday, 29 July 2010

Fair Work Australia has ruled that Sydney Water is out of line in the way it is trying to implement new competency programs across the Corporation. Earlier this year Sydney Water started to implement [ ... ]


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