Job Security
New rights for workers have seen hundreds of thousands of workers in more secure and more reliable permanent jobs.
Casual workers
Nine out of ten new jobs created over the last three years have been in permanent positions.
In fact, 230,000 workers are now in permanent jobs instead of casual ones, due to a new common-sense definition of casual work that was introduced by the Albanese Government.
This overturned the Coalition Government’s approach of letting an employer call anyone a casual and getting away with it.
Dutton voted against this new job security for casuals and he has committed to take it away if he is elected (1) – sending workers back to being at the mercy of employers’ dodgy decisions.
Gig workers
Gig economy workers on digital platforms finally have some of the basic rights and pay the rest of us take for granted, thanks to world-first new laws that enforce minimum standards.
Peter Dutton voted against these standards for gig workers.
Big Business are calling for rights that give workers job security to be scrapped.
Unfair dismissal protection
Workers in Australia should not have less rights simply because of the size of their employer – but that’s the reality one million workers will face if their employers are defined as ‘small’ businesses.
Workers in Australia should not have less rights simply because of the size of their employer – but that’s the reality one million workers will face if their employers are defined as ‘small’ businesses.
That’s exactly what businesses are calling for; lobbying Dutton to change the definition of a small business from 15 to 25 employees.
This change would see workers go backwards, with unfair dismissal rights significantly reduced, fewer opportunities for casuals to convert to permanent work, less options for flexible work and harder processes to recover wage theft.
The Coalition hasn’t ruled out these changes: in fact, this is something they would “consider” if they’re elected. (2)
