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Executive PayWatch Report 17.11.10 | Report This special report documents the extraordinary rise in executive salaries in Australia over the past 10 years.

Submission on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 03.11.10 | Submission The ACTU has consistently advocated that effective operation of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (the Act) requires reforms which deliver: A positive approach including the restatement of the objective of the Act to achieve substantive equality...

Urgency & Opportunity: union membership trends and observations 26.10.10 | Report The report is based on the latest published and unpublished ABS data and includes new statistics regarding length of union membership and duration since previously a union member.

West Gate - 40 years later 15.10.10 | Health & Safety On the 40th anniversary of the Westgate disaster - survivor, Pat Preston, talks about the lead up to the accident, how safety concerns were dealt with prior to, and after the collapse - the findings of the Royal Commission and more.

Shifting Risk: Work and working life in Australia 04.10.10 | Report | Jobs, Rights & GFC This report, undertaken by Sydney University’s Workplace Research Centre on behalf of the ACTU, examines work and working life in Australia before and after the global financial crisis.

Supplementary submission on the draft report of the Review of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements 10.09.10 | Submission | International Our comments reflect a strong belief that international trade, based on the principles of fair trade, is first and foremost a tool for raising living standards and promoting sustainable development.

Submission on Human Rights Bill 09.07.10 | Submission We welcome the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill as an important step towards the better protection of human rights in Australia. However, we would like to suggest two ways of improving the Bill.

ACTU OHS & Workers' Compensation Conference 2010 - speeches and presentations 21.06.10 | PDF | Health & Safety The conference focused on the way forward for unions in light of the harmonisation of OHS laws. It looked at lessons learnt, and how to translate that into responses to the possible harmonisation of Workers’ Compensation laws.

Submission on proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 21.06.10 | Submission | International While the ACTU acknowledges that the World Trade Organisation is in urgent need of comprehensive reform, we nonetheless believe Australia should pursue its trade objectives through multilateral rather than bilateral and regional agreements.

Post Budget Submission on Minimum Wage 19.05.10 In this Post Budget Submission to the FWA Minimum Wage Panel the ACTU makes further submissions on the economic outlook for the Australian economy, based on the Treasury forecasts as updated by the Federal Budget 2010-11.

Submission on Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 13.05.10 | Submission | Paid Parental Leave We seek improvements to the scheme over time to achieve payment of superannuation, provision of paid paternity leave or secondary carer’s leave, 26 weeks paid parental leave, and employer ‘top up’ to full income replacement level.

Submission on Energy Efficiency 12.05.10 | Submission | Climate Change & Jobs The intention of this submission is to outline how energy efficiency makes good environmental and economic sense as the economy transitions to a more sustainable, lower carbon future.

Organising Conference 2010 - presentations The downloadable content contains powerpoints, video and supporting documents from the conference workshops - making it vital information to move forward on organising.

ACTU Minimum Wages Case submission 2010 19.03.10 | Submission The ACTU is seeking an increase to award minimum wages of $27 a week in its submission to the 2010 review by the Fair Work Australia Minimum Wage Panel.

Review into the structure of Australia's superannuation system 26.02.10 | PDF The review panel’s papers on super structure and relating governance to choice raise a number of important issues for the superannuation industry and the millions of workers who depend on it to help deliver an adequate retirement income.