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SDA Opposes Big Business Attack on Penalty Rates, Overtime & Breaks

Big retail businesses have backed in an attack by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) to cut key minimum employment rights for retail workers including evening and weekend penalty rates, overtime, rostering rights and rest breaks.

Personal Leave and Carer’s Leave

Personal Leave is in every SDA Agreement and is one of the National Employment Standards (NES). Personal Leave covers Sick Leave and Carer’s Leave. Sick Leave can be used when the employee is sick. Carer’s Leave can be used when an employee provides care or support to a member of their immediate family or household who is unwell or has a medical emergency. The NES provides that permanent employees accrue 10 days of Personal Leave per year.

CHANGES TO CASUAL EMPLOYMENT

On 26 February 2025, new laws came into effect which will give casual workers more power to convert to permanent employment.

Easter Public Holidays 2025

Easter is almost here, and you need to know your entitlements over this period. Here are the answers to some of the most common questions we receive from members. It is most important to note that your specific entitlements on public holidays are governed by the Agreement or Award applicable to your employment. Depending on which company you work for, there may be some differences in the rights outlined below. You should refer to your Agreement or Award to ensure your workplace entitlements are observed.

SDA calling for greater knife sale restrictions

Supermarkets and shopping centres are not just public places. They are workplaces and all workers must be guaranteed a safe work environment.

Have your voice heard

The next couple of months will be crucial for Australians – as we head to the polls. It’s important to know that in addition to the work of the SDA for our members and the work of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) for all workers in Australia, Governments also have a significant impact on worker entitlements. There are several important issues that SDA members should carefully consider before the upcoming election this year.

MEDIA RELEASE | Retail workers face losing $5,000 a year – and it won’t stop there

Australian Unions are standing up to some of the country’s largest retailers in a fight to stop the abolition of penalty rates for retail workers nationwide. ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus, and SDA National Secretary, Gerard Dwyer, are in Sydney today where a full bench of the Fair Work Commission is hearing a bid to wipe out penalty rates for at least 200,000 retail workers.

Union Win: New Laws Around Casual Conversion

New laws have come into effect which will give casual workers more power to convert to permanent employment.

MEDIA RELEASE | Retail union welcomes Albanese government action to give Mosaic workers early access to entitlements

The SDA welcomes the fact that its representations to the Albanese government mean that thousands of Mosaic workers will now receive their legal entitlements without waiting for the full liquidation process to unfold.

Media Statement 21/1/25

"The SDA Queensland Branch believes that sharp bladed knives should not be available or on display on supermarket shelves," said SDA Queensland Secretary Justin Power. "They should be kept under lock and key."

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