Issue No 86 | 02 March 2001 | |
NewsCarr Called on Ten Year Temps
Some NSW departments have employed workers as casuals and part-time workers for a decade, in clear breach of the Carr Government's own guidelines on permanency.
The Australian Workers Union has raised the issue, calling on the Premier to bring his departments into line with the recent federal Metalworkers decision on casuals, which confers permanency after six months continuous employment. AWU state secretary Russ Collison says the worst offenders are the Roads and Traffic Authority, national Parks and Wildlife Service and State Forestry. Collison says the practices of keeping workers on long-term temporary employment affects their ability to secure housing loans or entering other long-term financial commitments. "The uncertainty of security of employment is unnecessary and unfair," he says. The AWU has called for a coordinated trade union approach on public sector casuals and for the issue to be taken up directly with the premier. "We continually find ourselves talking to bureaucrats and hitting a brick wall," Collison says. "It's time for the issue to be addressed at the highest levels."
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