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Equal remuneration case
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ACOSS correspondence to Minister Evans re sector reforms
October 2011 Read letter here >>
What price equal remuneration?
JOINT COSS SUBMISSION TO FWA EQUAL REMUNERATION APPLICATION
August 2011
This submission is based on the COSS networks analyses of the implications of work valuation, workforce challenges, government contracting policies and funding arrangements, and the introduction of the modern award on community services in Australia.
ACOSS analysis of the Commonwealth Submission to Fair Work Australia
11 JULY 2011
On 11 July 2011 the Commonwealth Government made its next submission on the ASU's application for an equal remuneration order before Fair Work Australia. This analysis has been prepared by ACOSS for the benefit of our members and to inform a joint COSS submission to FWA in this case.
ACOSS analysis of the Commonwealth's submission to Fair Work Australia
November 2010
In 2009 the Commonwealth Government signed a Heads of Agreement with the Australian Services Union, agreeing to support the Union's application for an Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) for social and community sector and disability workers. The Commonwealth committed to provide evidence and research for the case and to support an agreed statement of facts. On 18 November 2010 the Commonwealth Government filed its submission in the case to Fair Work Australia. This analysis outlines key concerns in relation to the Commonwealth's submission as it relates to the implications for funding of any wage rises in the community sector. Click here to download a PDF version of this submission
ACOSS statement to Fair Work Australia Equal Remuneration Case
August 2010
ACOSS has been leading the campaign for equal pay within the community and social services sector. This statement was given to Fair Work Australia in August 2010 and outlines the secotr position on the importance of equal pay and this test case. Click here to download a PDF version of this submission.
For further information or to discuss this analysis, contact Tessa.Boyd-Caine@acoss.org.au,
ph 02 9310 6211. Visit our equal pay website at http://www.acoss.org.au/equalpay.