IR presentation

OSH Act

Equal Opportuntiy Commission

Workers Compensaton

Minimum conditions of Employment Act 1993

10 Minimums

e.g 38 hour week + reasonable unpaid overtime

$17 / hour $20.40 as casual

4 weeks annual leave - 2 cashed out

Public holidays - on the day, only if employer closes, no penalty rates required.

Long Service Leave Act

Industry Specific

Covers more matters

Adds things like overtime, RDOs, etc.

Currently Main Roads does not have an award

working on getting an award to protect conditions

Safety Net

negotiatied every few years

Specific to your workplace

Where we get improvements

Employee involvement

members get to vote on whether to accept

Employer can withdraw

Argument of our strength - not strength of our argument