Re:America’s Truckers, Cargo Pilots and Package Carriers Are...
by defrost on Sunday August 06, 2023 @09:53AM
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In Australia discussion about workers rights as universal human rights began at Federation in 1901.
An early Harvester Agreement ( ~ 1901 ?? ) set the minimum wage as a livable wage - to cover food, clothing, rent for a family unit with 40 hours of work.
Sick leave was introduced into industrial awards in 1922. From 1935 to the 1970s, paid sick leave was gradually introduced into federal awards until 10 days sick leave per year became standard.
Current workers rights are laid out in the National Employment Standards made Federal law by the Fair Work Act (2009)
The yearly entitlement of paid sick or carer’s leave is based on an employee’s ordinary hours of work. It is 10 days for full-time employees, and pro-rata for part-time employees. This can be calculated as 1/26 of an employee’s ordinary hours of work in a year.
Sure, these standards are by no means global rights but they are universal within Australia where the general ethos for a hundred years has been that everybody deserves a fair go .. hopefully that persists.
An early Harvester Agreement ( ~ 1901 ?? ) set the minimum wage as a livable wage - to cover food, clothing, rent for a family unit with 40 hours of work.
Sick leave was introduced into industrial awards in 1922. From 1935 to the 1970s, paid sick leave was gradually introduced into federal awards until 10 days sick leave per year became standard.
Current workers rights are laid out in the National Employment Standards made Federal law by the Fair Work Act (2009)
Sure, these standards are by no means global rights but they are universal within Australia where the general ethos for a hundred years has been that everybody deserves a fair go .. hopefully that persists.https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/national-e...
https://business.gov.au/people/employees/employees-pay-leave...