Issue No 45 | 10 March 2000 | |
Letters to the EditorConfused About Workplace Rights
To Whom it may concern. I am writing this letter openly, however,I feel that the workplace in question should not be named as yet. On 7 Jan 2000, I was unfairly dismissed, and my former employer settled out of court with me, however, the core of this letter is as follows. In investigating my rights, I discovered that this NATIONAL company is NOT paying award wages, nor complying with award conditions.You see, when I started my employment, I was certain that the 'contract' I signed was a part of enterprise bargaining. I later discovered I was wrong. The company in question is underpaying staff up to 300p/week gross, it has 4 office locations, and, even if I make a claim, the Department of Industrial Relations won't say boo about this nor investigate, as the workers have to make a complaint first.Strange that my claim for a little over 15000 in back pay doesnt even bother the Dept.The workers at this place are just to scared to say anything in fear of thier jobs. Now you tell me, how fair is it when you do everything by the book, yet this employer is slapping out whole system in the face and making good profits on underpaying staff. How is that so, and what can I do about it. > >Confused.
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