Archives

2016

The fight for equal rights for Australia’s workers with disabilities

30 September, The Guardian

 

Abbott government likely to ask for deadline extension on disability wage

26 March, The Guardian, Lenore Taylor

 

Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Amendment Bill 2016

3 March, Parliament of Australia, Second Reading Speeches

 

2015

Maurice Blackburn secures historic settlement in class action for intellectually disabled employees

21 Dec 2015, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Media Statement

Most vulnerable workers caught in back-pay standoff

13 May, Sydney Morning Herald, Josh Borenstein

 

 

 

 

Class action underway to secure more compensation for underpaid disabled workers

20 March, ABC Radio National

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott: 99 cents an hour is enough for some workers

19 March, The Hoopla

 

 

Lawyers for disabled workers urge cross-bench senators to vote against unfair payment scheme

17 March 2015, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, media statements

Lambie receives praise and acknowledgement for using her Senate vote to protect the wage entitlements of 10,000 disabled Australians

8 February, Senator for Tasmania Jacqui Lambie, Media Statement

 

 

 

10,000 workers with disability paid below the minimum wage: when will they get justice?

4 February, The Guardian, Josh Borenstein