2023 – VOTED AGAINST HIGHER WAGES FOR LABOUR HIRE MINEWORKERS, RIGHTS FOR CASUALS, DELEGATES

  • VOTED NO to Same Job Same Pay 1
  • VOTED NO to more rights for workplace Delegates 1
  • VOTED NO to making industrial manslaughter a criminal offence 1
  • VOTED NO to expanding the functions of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency to include silica 2
  • VOTED NO to stopping the permanent casual rort 2
  • VOTED NO to a stronger definition of casual work 2
  • VOTED NO to a stronger pathway to conversion to permanent work 2
One Nation's anti-worker record includes voting against higher wages for labour hire workers.

2022 – SIDED WITH THE BOSS TO TRY TO STOP WORKERS GETTING MORE BARGAINING POWER

  • VOTED NO to increased bargaining power for better wages 3
  • VOTED NO to banning pay secrecy 3
  • VOTED NO to preventing employers terminating EAs during bargaining 3

2021 – COST MINEWORKERS $16 MILLION IN LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS, VOTED WITH THE BOSS TO MAKE SACKINGS EASIER, VOTED TO KEEP PERMANENT CASUALS

One Nation's anti-worker record has left rural Queenslander's gutted by denying them their accrued entitlements.
  • VOTED to keep the permanent casual rort 4
  • MADE A DEAL with the LNP costing $16 million in unpaid entitlements for around 900 Workpac employees 4
  • VOTED to remove court-recognised rights for casual coal miners in long-term, full-time roles to receive leave entitlements 4
  • LOCKED IN an unfair definition of causal in the Fair Work Act based on words in your contract not the reality of work arrangements 4
  • BLOCKED access to arbitration if the boss refuses a workers’ request to change from casual to permanent 4
  • VOTED FOR this definition of casual: The question of whether a person is a casual employee of an employer is to be assessed on the basis of the offer of employment and the acceptance of that offer, not on the basis of any subsequent conduct of either party 4
  • CALLED on the LNP to strengthen the boss’ rights to sack workers on the spot over alleged misconduct 5

2020 – MADE A DEAL WITH THE LNP TO SIDE WITH THE BOSS OVER PAY CUTS

  • VOTED that workers could still be forced to vote on permanent cuts to their pay and conditions with only 24 hours voted after making a deal with the LNP 6

REFERENCES

  1. Malcolm Roberts (One Nation Party) vote on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023
  2. Malcolm Roberts (One Nation Party) vote on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No.2) Bill 2023
  3. Malcolm Roberts (One Nation Party) vote on the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022
  4. Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts (One Nation Party) vote on the Fair Work Act (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021
  5. Malcolm Roberts (One Nation Party) submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment Inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020
  6. Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts (One Nation Party) vote on Regulations and Determinations – Fair Work Amendment (Variation of Enterprise Agreements) Regulations 2020 – Disallowance vote