UWU, BSCAA call for school cleaners to be included in NSW rapid antigen testing scheme

United Workers Union, BSCAA call for NSW school cleaners to be included in rapid antigen testing scheme made available to teachers and students.
Queensland govt introduces legislation to criminalise wage theft

Queensland government to introduce legislation to make wage theft a criminal offence.
Australia’s minimum wage to rise

National minimum wage to increase by 1.75 per cent, with cleaners to be included in first phasing of award rise.
Wage theft legislation passes Victorian Parliament

Victoria becomes first state to pass laws establishing criminal penalties for employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers.