Issue No 45 | 10 March 2000 | |
NewsCash Bonus for Bilingual Workers
Council workers who use community languages as part of their work could receive a $13 per week bonus if a case in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission is successful.
The Municipal Employees' Union is making the application to recognise the value bilingual workers bring to their organisations. MEU legal officers Ben Kruse says that while the payment was not large it was an important symbol on the value of a diverse workforce. "We've got a lot of librarians, customer service operators and council workers who use community language skills regularly in employment, but local government salary system doesn't reqard these skills," Kruse says.. Under State government regulations all Councils must have social plans in operation that require Councils to target service delivery to groups from Non English Speaking Backgrounds. "This should be a catalyst for all councils to look at the skills existing staff have to improve their services," Kruse says. The case is scheduled to open before Justice Monica Schmidt on Monday and will run for four days.
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Interview: Working Women Nareen Young talks about how services are being delivered to our most vulnerable workers - and what unions need to do to make them their own. Unions: Into the New Frontier IT professionals are part of the new workforce that unions need to win over - and while they are often contractors, they're workers too. History: Handling The Ladies 1943 - women were filling the gap in the workforce left by the diggers abroad and Australian managers needed some advice on how to deal with these strange creatures. Technology: Building The Hypermacho Man In a stinging critque of the �Wired� culture, Melanie Stewart Miller argues digital cultural is creating a new super-Man. International: The Long March Home Trade union women round the world used International Women�s Day to launch the World March of Women Against Poverty and Violence. Satire: Kerosene Dilution Racket The nursing home industry has been rocked by a new scandal with the revelation that some unscrupulous proprietors have been diluting their patients� kerosene baths with illicit liquids. Review: Power and the Back Bar In an upcoming book, Julia Gillard argues the ALP retains a male culture that is fast losing step with contemporary society.
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