Issue No 95 | 11 May 2001 | |
NewsPhantom Employers Face the Flush
Employers should be forced to identify their legal name on all pay-slips, to prevent Patrick-style asset stripping that leaves workers with unpaid entitlements or without workers compensation insurance. The CFEMU construction division has made the suggestion, which would require a minor amendment to the NSW Industrial Relations Act. The union says the problem has an easy fix, that employers must name their legal entity on a pay slip. They should also be required to inform workers when that entity changes. "Often our members who are injured are unable to identify the correct name of the legal entity which employs or employed them and suffer unnecessary delay and frustration in respect of claims," state secretary Andrew Ferguson says. He says the problem, which also applies in respect of wage claims, would be a problem confronted across the movement. ""Frequently employers in the private sector are changing the name of the company, closing and forming new legal entities without advising employees," Ferguson says. "Generally these changes are initiated to circumvent group tax, payroll tax, workers compensation and other statutory requirements". Labor Council will ask Industrial relations Minister John Della Bosca to make the required changes to the legislation.
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