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ACTU Secretary Sally McManus (Photo: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 12, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unions have claimed a small victory in their fight against the “casualisation” of the Australian workforce.<\/p>\n

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that casual workers who work on a long-term, regular basis must be provided with the option to convert to permanent employment.<\/p>\n

According to the ACTU, 40 per cent of the Australian workforce is in insecure work.<\/p>\n

Many have never known a job with a paid sick day or other basic entitlements.<\/p>\n

The ACTU said there are four forms of insecure work:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Rolling contracts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Labour hire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Casual employment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Forcing employees to get ABNs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \u201cAustralian unions fought for this improvement but it only plugs one small hole in a nationwide crisis,”\u00a0ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said.<\/p>\n

          \u201cCasual workers earn less wages and lower superannuation. Women are more often in casual employment than men, and casualisation contributes to the gender pay gap.<\/p>\n

          \u201cToo many employers have been abusing the term casual, and use it as a business model to drive down wages.<\/p>\n

          \u201cWhile the Commission accepted the ACTU\u2019s argument around the impact casualisation has on people\u2019s lives, it is unable to address the bigger problem. We need political action to achieve that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u201cBusiness too often organises its workforce and its capital to avoid the protections that were supposed to be there for working people.<\/p>\n

          “This decision deals with just one of the forms of casualisation that have prevented modern workplaces keeping pace with modern life.\u201d<\/p>\n

          \u201cWorking people with long-term regular patterns of work that have been trapped in insecure, casual work contracts can now request permanent positions, but only after 12 months.<\/p>\n

          \u201cPermanent positions allow people to plan for the future, to get loans, to budget, and to have a decent quality of living.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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