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AUSTRALIAN TRADE UNION PUSHES MATERNITY LEAVE TEST CASE.
SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) today said they would go forward with a test case to extend unpaid maternity leave despite fierce opposition from the federal government and employer groups.
The federal government has shot down the plan by Australia's peak union movement to have unpaid maternity leave extended to three years or more.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said the idea would never get a look-in under the government, which would oppose the test case to be run next year.
Mr Abbott described the proposal as impractical and over-the-top and said it would destroy jobs.
But ACTU president Sharan Burrow said a debate was needed and she was disappointed at Mr Abbott's response.
"We simply want to have a debate about how you shape work for the 21st century that's a win-win for both employers and the family," Ms Burrow told Seven Sunrise.
"Flexibility has worked all one way to date ...
- Paid maternity leave test case.
- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence August 25, 2002 700+ words
...attempt to have paid maternity leave included in a contract...attempt is seen as a test case by the predominantly...provide 14 weeks' paid maternity leave. According to FSU...UNIONS - AUSTRALIA MATERNITY LEAVE - SOUTH AUSTRALIA...
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- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence August 18, 2003 700+ words
...week taxpayer-funded maternity leave scheme. Unions are preparing to make maternity leave an enterprise bargaining...failed to act on the maternity leave issue despite calls...movement would launch a test case on this fundamental...
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- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence November 27, 2002 700+ words
...s ACTU is pushing for two years' unpaid maternity leave in a Work and Family test case. The organisation will present the case to...to ask for part-time work on return from maternity leave, and flexible working hours to accommodate...
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- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence October 16, 2002 700+ words
...threatening to launch a test case that would seek 14 weeks' paid maternity leave be introduced. ACTU...adopt a generous maternity leave scheme on its own. Burrow says the test case could seek maternity leave of $A431 per week...
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- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence October 18, 2002 700+ words
...COMTEX) The ACTU intends to put forward a test case to increase unpaid maternity leave to three or more years. It is thought that...expensive than the forecast cost of paid maternity leave. Publication Date: 9 October 2002 ACTU...
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- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence October 28, 2002 700+ words
...fight for paid maternity leave for women. On...unions will mount a test case for 14 weeks' paid maternity leave, if the Australian...Burrow wants to see maternity leave paid at the minimum...prepared to mount a test case before the Australian...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) December 8, 2003 700+ words
...be entitled to both maternity leave and pay. Should the trio succeed in their test case, it will pave the...students to take paid maternity leave. The applicants...have the benefit of maternity leave and pay. 'At the...
- Maternity leave push branded "job destroyer".
- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence September 30, 2002 700+ words
...have criticised a push to extend unpaid maternity leave from one to three years. The ACTU union...group will soon announce details of a test case it plans to bring before the Australian...the Federal Government will oppose the test case. The Australian Chamber of Commerce...