Submissions on law to remove work rights close in 10 days

The deadline for making comments on the government's law changes that will take away longstanding employment rights is only 10 days away, and the EPMU is asking as many members as possible to have their say.

"When this government passed the first law bringing in the 90-day no rights period for small businesses they didn't even give people a chance to have a say. Now they're giving us a chance to have say but it's only a brief period," national secretary Andrew Little says.

The government has tabled new laws for debate in Parliament that will take away hard won work rights and give all employers the right to fire new workers within 90 days, regardless of their performance, and without any right of appeal or redress.

The new laws will also change the fair dismissal rights for every employee by making it harder to challenge unfair dismissal in court.

The government also wants to give employers the right to require you to get a medical certificate every time you take just one day of sick leave.

This unnecessary rule change will clog up doctors' surgeries and mean more people will go to work when they're sick.

On top of all this they want to obstruct union access and make collective bargaining harder.

"Be under no illusion: these law changes are about making it harder to belong to a union and to uphold fairness rights at work, plain and simple."

With only 10 days left until the closing date of 13 September you can make your voice heard by making a submission online here or by printing and posting one from here