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To: Christian Porter, Minister for Industrial Relations
CHRISTIAN PORTER - REINSTATE UNION POWER TO SPOT-CHECK THE BOOKS.
We call upon the Minister for industrial Relations to restore the right of unions to conduct random checks of company payrolls to ensure they are paying employees according to the law.
Why is this important?
When working people and their unions suspected instances of underpayment, the union used to have the right to check the books and make sure that all employees were being paid correctly.
Anti-union legislation brought in by John Howard during the WorkChoices era stripped these rights from the unions and left it for employers to self-regulate.
We are seeing an underpayments epidemic across the country which is costing working people millions, and it’s getting worse by the day. This is a cost that workers cannot afford and do not deserve.
Australia did not have a systemic wage theft problem when unions had the right to spot check company payrolls.
We need more power for working people and their unions to regularly check the books and ensure that all employers are paying their workers properly.
It worked before and it would work again.
The SDA stands with everyone who has been affected by the underpayment epidemic.