Are you planning on getting a casual job to make some extra cash over the holiday period? This is one of the busiest times of the year for the retail and fast food industries. Many shops put on extra staff to cover their increased work load.
Text of new leaflet aimed at 7-Eleven workers
Since August 2008 UNITE has been campaigning to improve the wages and conditions of 7-Eleven workers. Our work has led to some 7-Eleven workers getting pay increases and others getting back pay because they were underpaid. Many more workers that were getting paid ‘cash in hand’ are now on the books and being paid properly.
New laws that expose bosses to big fines if they pay workers’ wages ‘in-kind’ or make unauthorised deductions from their pay packets have taken effect in Victoria this week.
The Victorian Workers’ Wages Protection Act requires employees’ wages to be paid in money. This bans all in-kind payments such as paying retail employees with discounted clothes or free DVD hire!