{"id":13957,"date":"2021-11-22T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T06:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13957"},"modified":"2021-11-22T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T06:13:00","slug":"labors-bill-to-end-labour-hire-rorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/11\/22\/labors-bill-to-end-labour-hire-rorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s Bill to End Labour Hire Rorts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLabor leader Anthony Albanese has introduced a private member\u2019s bill to end the labour hire rorts that are ripping off workers in the mining sector and across the Australian economy.
\nWorkers doing the same job at the same mine, factory, construction site, abattoir, shop or office should get the same pay. It\u2019s that simple.
\nBut right now companies are deliberately using labour hire firms that exploit casual workers to undermine job security and undercut wages.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Workers doing the same job at the same mine, factory, construction site, abattoir, shop or office should get the same pay. It\u2019s that simple.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nThese dodgy arrangements are rife in the mining industry but are increasingly being used in other industries as well such as meat work, construction, hospitality and even aged care.
\nWe know that\u00a0casual workers in Queensland\u2019s coal-mining industry are consistently earning less than their permanent colleagues<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 proving it\u2019s a myth that casuals are getting paid their rightful loading.
\nIt\u2019s a rort that has to end.
\nThat\u2019s why Labor committed earlier this year to implementing a \u201csame job, same pay\u201d policy as part of our Secure Australian Jobs Plan. Under a Labor Government workers employed through labour hire companies will receive no less than workers employed directly.
\nBut this doesn\u2019t have to wait to the election.
\nThe Morrison-Joyce Government could join with Labor right now to end these rorts and ensure workers get better pay and conditions.
\nScott Morrison and his Nationals colleagues talk a big game about being on the side of miners. But just a few months ago the Liberal and National parties joined with the labour hire firms in a high court case to maintain these rorts. He wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers\u2019 money to ensure casuals can be ripped off.
\nScott Morrison also teamed up with One Nation to pass IR changes that extinguish the rights of casual workers in all industries.
\nUnder the government scheme passed earlier this year employers can benefit from the certainty of a permanent worker \u2013 but they don\u2019t need to give them the benefits of permanent work like sick leave or annual leave.
\nIf workers want to be casuals they can be. But in our meetings with miners, meat workers and labourers it\u2019s clear many labour hire casuals crave the security, pay and conditions of the permanent workers doing the same job beside them.
\nOnly Labor has a plan to deliver more secure jobs, better pay and a fairer industrial relations system for Australian working families.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has introduced a private member\u2019s bill to end the labour hire rorts that are ripping off workers in the mining sector and across the Australian economy. Workers doing the same job at the same mine, factory, construction site, abattoir, shop or office should get the same pay. It\u2019s that simple. But … Continue reading “Labor\u2019s Bill to End Labour Hire Rorts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}