INDUSTRIAL ADVICE AND PROTECTION

As an employee, your work-related legal entitlements are set down in various Awards, Agreements and Acts of Parliament. These entitlements include sick leave, penalty rates, wages, overtime and annual leave.

The SDA can advise you on your entitlements and, if necessary, help you to obtain them from your employer, whether you are full-time, part-time or casual.

Disputes with your employer need not cost you your job. If you have been unfairly treated, the SDA will take up your case for you and go to the independent umpire, the Fair Work Commission, free of charge if necessary.

For more information, contact your workplace Delegate, Union Organiser or the SDA Info Centre.