LABOR UNIONS – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Minister calls for cut to Sunday pay rates

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Original article by Kim Macdonald
The West Australian – Page: 5 : 17-Nov-14

The Western Australia Government will face resistance from the union movement if it attempts to reduce penalty rates for working on weekends and public holidays. Small Business Minister Joe Francis says the high cost of penalty rates forces a lot of small businesses to close on such days, and notes that many large businesses do not have to pay such high penalty rates. Meredith Hammat of Unions WA says employees would to need to work longer hours to offset any reduction in penalty rates

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS, UNIONS WA

Big pay rise for Serco guards

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Original article by Daniel Emerson
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 24-Jun-14

Security firm Serco runs the sole private prison in Western Australia (WA) for the State Government. A deal was agreed on with the aid of the Community & Public Sector Union / Civil Service Association in 2006, under which the 220-plus staff at the Acacia facility receive the same pay as government officers. This means a wage rise of a minimum 4.25% in 2015, while those of police and other emergency services personnel are limited to the CPI of 2.75%. The WA Prison Officers Union now covers the Serco employees, and says the parity clause is crucial to keeping staff retention levels high

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SERCO GROUP PTY LTD, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PRISON OFFICERS’ UNION OF WORKERS, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION, CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE