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New laws proposed over casual miner quandary

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The Federal Government intends to introduce legislation to Parliament this year to give casual miners doing de facto full-time work the right to convert to permanent employment.

Queensland Senator Matt Canavan and Federal Member for Dawson George Christensen revealed the plan in a joint statement today.

They said Attorney-General Christian Porter had written to Mr Christensen specifying the Government’s intent to introduce new laws to provide clear and certain statutory definition and strengthened access to casual conversion.

"…I intend to have legislation in the Parliament this year that addresses the two major issues surrounding casual employment, being. . .

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Union hails Senate win on ‘permanent casual’ jobs

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A key mining union has welcomed Senate support for a motion calling on the Morrison Government to crack down on the widespread use of ‘permanent casual’ employment in mining.

The motion noted the rapid growth of ‘permanent casual’ employment in mining and called on the Federal Government to withdraw from a WorkPac High Court case on the issue.

CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland president Stephen Smyth said thousands of permanent jobs had been casualised across the state’s coal fields and Queensland politicians needed to act urgently to stamp out the ‘permanent casual’ rort. 

“We are disappointed the. . .

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Landmark ruling on casual mining roles

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A Federal Court ruling on ‘permanent casual’ work has confirmed some of those roles should attract entitlements such as paid annual leave. 

Mining union the CFMEU says the WorkPac v Rossato decision upholds key principles of the 2018 WorkPac v Skene decision - namely that work which is regular, ongoing and permanent in nature is not genuinely ‘casual’.

“This is a fantastic decision that puts an end to the ‘permanent casual’ rort that has become a scourge in the coal mining industry and across the workforce,” CFMEU national president Tony Maher said.

Damaging for business confidence- AMMA

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Union class action takes aim at coal job casualisation

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The CFMEU has filed a class action against labour hire firm Workpac for unpaid entitlements for coal miners throughout Australia whom it says were misclassified as casuals.

The class action, filed by national law firm Slater & Gordon on behalf of the CFMEU Mining and Energy Division, will aim to recover entitlements owing to about 600 union members employed by WorkPac since 2013.

It follows last year’s Federal Court ruling in the matter of WorkPac v Skene, which found that casual coal miners in regular on-going employment with advance fixed rosters were not legally casual workers. . .

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Casualisation of coal jobs a key safety concern says union

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Coal miners have pointed the finger at casualisation of the workforce as a major mine safety risk factor, according to a union-run survey.

The results from the survey of more than 1000 Queensland coal miners come as the state’s mine safety reset enters its second week. 

Nearly nine in 10 coal miners said that casualisation of jobs at their work site has affected safety.

About four in 10 survey respondents said they feared reprisals if they spoke up about safety, increasing to six in ten for casual mineworkers. 

CFMEU Queensland District. . .

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