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Landmark workplace safety laws set to empower workers
05/06/2024
Landmark work health and safety reforms pass state parliament today, empowering workers with the ability…
Business & SA Unions collaborating to address future workforce needs in SA
29/02/2024
From today, workers will be represented on new industry skills councils, signaling a seismic shift away from corporate cronyism, towards a skills and training system that can adequately meet our states’ future economic and industrial needs.
Workers poisoned by AGL Torrens Island, SafeWork ‘missing’ after 7 months
06/02/2024
Workers at the AGL Torrens Island Power Station were poisoned with lead after AGL had failed to establish safety processes for handling lead in early 2023.
Professor Fels’ report provides ‘game plan’ to tackle price gouging
02/02/2024
In August of last year, the ACTU initiated an investigation into price gouging and unfair pricing behaviours. The inquiry was overseen by former ACCC Chair Professor Allan Fels AO. Today, the findings of this report have been released.
SA minimum wage gets an 8.6% boost
12/12/2023
The South Australian Employment Tribunal has accepted SA Unions’ pay rise claims for increases of 5.75% for awards and allowances and 8.6% for the Minimum Standard for Remuneration (state minimum wage) in the 2023 State Wage Case.
Workers celebrate as closing loopholes bill gets green light from crossbench
07/12/2023
SA Unions celebrate a big win for workers, as key parts of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 get the green light from the Senate.
Kill a worker, go to jail – industrial manslaughter bill to get greenlight
28/11/2023
Parliament is set to greenlight a game-changer today: kill a worker, go to jail. The Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill, up for passage, means if a business recklessly cuts corners and a worker pays the ultimate price, the responsible party could be looking at 20 years behind bars and a hefty $18 million corporate fine.
SA Unions celebrate commonsense public holiday fixes
17/11/2023
A new Public Holidays Bill (2023) will be introduced into State Parliament today that would see Christmas Day and Easter Sunday properly declared as public holidays.
Survey finds ‘epidemic’ levels of mental health hazards in SA workplaces
08/11/2023
The results of the 2023 Work Shouldn’t Hurt Survey, the nation’s largest annual Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) survey, have been unveiled, revealing deeply concerning findings regarding the state of mental health risks in South Australian workplaces.
SA Unions propose bold agenda on the 150th anniversary of the 8-hour day
16/09/2023
Unions in South Australia are taking a powerful stand on the 150th anniversary of the historic 8-hour workday by unveiling a bold report featuring eight critical recommendations aimed at safeguarding the 8-hour workday for the next 150 years.