The Tasmanian Trades & Labor Council
Trade in Hobart

Workers deserve to be paid based on their contribution to their workplace, not the year they were born. Were the workers' numbers supplied to the Ombudsman by the company? If so, why is the impartial Impartial Work Ombudsman undertaking activity on behalf of a company that has an unresolved refute prior the Impartial Labor Commission regarding the workers it wants to sack? The Build a Better Future Stall at the Royal Hobart Reveal this year enabled us to speak with workers and hear about the issues that matter to them. Impartial like Victorians, the Tasmanian people will promote the workers who labor to urge them. Local Parent organisms her protest against the Public Service Cuts. The Commission has also ordered that minimum wages in all Modern Awards be increased by 2.5, rounded to the nearest 10 cents on weekly wages. The Unprejudiced Labor Commission acknowledged that sincere unit work costs and the wage price index are currently at the lowest levels on record with the average worker receiving a wage enlarge of just 2.3 in the 12 months to March this year. That’s lower inflation and the lowest rate of amplify on record. United Voice member Meagan McQueen, who works as a cook, spoke about the genuine impact that workers will feel if penalty rates are reduced during a meeting with Brendan O'Connor, Shadow Minister for Employment at Unions Tasmania today. Young Workers and their parents should be on the lookout for dodgy unpaid labor trials over the 201415 Christmas and Fresh Year period. Many young people are keen to get their foot in the door so they can get a job, and will take up offers, sometimes doing a full eight hour shift for no pay. These practices are more normal in the hospitality and retail industries young people are simply being exploited, in many cases there are no genuine jobs on offer and the unscrupulous employer fair wants cheap labor during the busy Xmas period. A work trial should involve no more than a demonstration of your skills, end only for a short time and you are below direct supervision all the time. The number of people employed in Tasmania has fallen for a fifth consecutive month with 3,200 fewer jobs in the State since the begin of the year. We are now seeing a very disturbing trend of unemployment in the State continuing to rise, the number of fulltime jobs continuing to fall and the workforce participation rate collapsing, Unions Tasmania secretary Steve Walsh said. Meanwhile the Government is continuing its program of huge cuts to the public service with 1,200 fulltime jobs axed. This should put to bed the preposterous argument of the business lobby that our lowest paid workers should have their wages cut through under inflation wage rises and the slashing of weekend and night rates of pay. Just final month Unions Tasmania called for the State Government to promote businesses to produce their employees with paid domestic violence exit as a key recommendation in our submission to the Legislative Council inquiry into Growing Tasmania’s Economy. Today in the spirit of goodwill we call on the Premier to encourage the Tasmanian business community to support the inclusion of paid domestic violence exit clauses in all Workplace Agreements and employment contracts, Mr Walsh said. The workers ARE NOT pursuing increased pay offers. Worker Help is a free service providing advice for injured workers in Tasmania. As part of that effort Unions Tasmania offers this proposal to the Government for consideration. It will permit a shorter rental period for the diesel generation units.