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To: Ed Husic, Shadow Minister for Employment Services
Establish Senate Inquiry Into Job Agencies
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Ed Husic, as the shadow Minister for employment Services, we need you to stand up against the bullying job agency system and push for a senate inquiry into the punitive and unregulated $10 billion industry.
Send the Minister an email asking him to hold bullying agencies to account and stand up for the 900,000 Australians using the job agency system. Tell him your story about your experience with your job agency.
Send the Minister an email asking him to hold bullying agencies to account and stand up for the 900,000 Australians using the job agency system. Tell him your story about your experience with your job agency.
Why is this important?
The $10 billion employment services system is one of the biggest and most socially destructive rorts ever perpetuated against a Federal government
Every day, private job agencies bully unemployed workers into attending dangerous Work for the Dole sites and other unfair activities in order to make a quick buck.
Unemployed workers who refuse to be bullied into one of these unfair activities are penalised.
During 2015/16, job agencies imposed a record 2,114,291 million penalties on unemployed workers - up from 311,622 in 2011.
Many penalties are unfair - 37.5% of unemployed workers who appealed against a penalty had it overturned by Centrelink. Since 2011, the rate of job agency decisions overturned by Centrelink has increased by 15% - a clear sign the system is broken.
The failure of the government to regulate the industry and penalise abusive job agencies has created a culture of fear and intimidation throughout the industry.
The suffering endured by the 900,000 unemployed workers participating in this system is incalculable
The death of Josh Park Fing at his Work for the Dole site in Toowoomba - one of the 64% of WFTD sites that do not meet basic safety standards - is a product of this punitive and broken system.
The punitive job agencies system must be addressed immediately.
A Senate inquiry is the first step. The ALP has the power to make this happen.
Every day, private job agencies bully unemployed workers into attending dangerous Work for the Dole sites and other unfair activities in order to make a quick buck.
Unemployed workers who refuse to be bullied into one of these unfair activities are penalised.
During 2015/16, job agencies imposed a record 2,114,291 million penalties on unemployed workers - up from 311,622 in 2011.
Many penalties are unfair - 37.5% of unemployed workers who appealed against a penalty had it overturned by Centrelink. Since 2011, the rate of job agency decisions overturned by Centrelink has increased by 15% - a clear sign the system is broken.
The failure of the government to regulate the industry and penalise abusive job agencies has created a culture of fear and intimidation throughout the industry.
The suffering endured by the 900,000 unemployed workers participating in this system is incalculable
The death of Josh Park Fing at his Work for the Dole site in Toowoomba - one of the 64% of WFTD sites that do not meet basic safety standards - is a product of this punitive and broken system.
The punitive job agencies system must be addressed immediately.
A Senate inquiry is the first step. The ALP has the power to make this happen.