Contacts

• Trade unions

  Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) www.actu.org.au

  Victorian Trades Hall Council www.weareunion.org.au

• General employment problems

  JobWatch

  www.jobwatch.org.au

  JobWatch is an employment rights legal centre that provides a free and confidential information and referral service to Victorian workers about their rights at work.

• Unemployment schemes

  There are many schemes that help those who are unemployed and give subsidies to employers to take on new staff. Some schemes provide formal skills training, usually with a training wage lower than the normal applicable wage. For details of some schemes, see Chapter  5.1: Dealing with social security. Further information can be obtained from:

  Centrelink www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/centrelink

  Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment www.dese.gov.au

  Australian Government Department of Social Services www.dss.gov.au

• Sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace

  Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) www.humanrights.gov.au

  Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) www.humanrights.vic.gov.au

• Wage rates, employment entitlements and unfair dismissals

  Fair Work Commission Tel (out of hours emergency): 0438 244 996 www.fwc.gov.au

  Fair Work Ombudsman www.fairwork.gov.au

Contacts

Chapter: 11.6: Protection for your rights at work

Contributor: Alexander Lanham, Lawyer, and Samara Jones, Lawyer (Workplace Relationships and Safety), Lander & Rogers

Current as of: 1 September 2024

Law Handbook Page: 971

Next Section: 11.7: Occupational health and safety