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05 October 2001 |
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NewsQld Casual Workers Pay Increases
Up to 250,000 casual workers employed under State Awards in Queensland received a pay increase this week. Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) General Secretary Grace Grace says the increase is part of the phasing in period for the landmark case awarding pay increases to casual workers. "The minimum level of casual loading was increased from 19% to 23% or about $20 -$25. Tomorrow's increase will bring casual loading to 22%," Grace says. "This is the next step in ensuring casual workers in Queensland receive wage increases to compensate for foregone entitlements such as sick leave and holiday pay," she says. The decision earlier this year saw the minimum level of casual loading in Queensland increase for the first time in 26 years thanks to the work of Queensland unions. "One in three workers in Queensland are casual. This figure puts Queensland amongst the highest in the world," Grace says. "Unions are continuing to fight to improve wages and conditions for casuals, in particular pursuing employers who have casual employees for years on end and still deny permanent status. Casual workers miss out on annual leave loading, bereavement leave, notice on termination, career progression, regular earnings and job progression because they are casual. "Casualisation is a problem and the casual loading case is just one way unions are working with casual workers to improve their employment conditions and job security," she says. The next increase will apply on the 4 April 2002 and will take the minimum loading for casual workers up to 23%.
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