"She claimed employers were asking for an "astonishing" number of "basic" protections to be taken away from workers, many of whom are part-time employees and women. McManus fears this could worsen the gender pay gap in Australia, which is 11.5 per cent at the moment nationally (meaning women earn 88 cents for every dollar a man makes). It's much smaller in the administrative industry, at just 3.4 per cent."
""The ACTU is alarmed by the sheer scale of the proposals from employers to remove overtime and other entitlements from admin workers," she said. "Overtime and penalty rates form part of people's take-home pay and also protects workers from expectations from employers that they work unusual or excessive hours. "In our view, they are using this as an opportunity to gain control over workers and to cut their pay.""
Nearly 1.8 million Australian workers on the Clerks Award could lose access to overtime and penalty rates when working from home under employer proposals. Employers argue that extra pay should not automatically apply if employees work outside normal hours remotely and that individual arrangements with employers should determine entitlements. The ACTU warns that removing overtime and other entitlements would reduce take-home pay and could create pressure to work excessive hours. Concerns include removal of basic protections affecting many part-time workers and women and the potential to worsen the national gender pay gap.
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