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SDA Submission to Senate regarding Carers Leave Inquiry

SDA Submission for Annual Wage Review 2021-22

Australian workplaces are changing at an unprecedented pace. The combined forces of technological transformation, liberalised global trade and the COVID-19 economic shock have created a storm of disruption that has, among many changes, seen automation replace many workplace functions – improving productivity, but sometimes leaving workers behind.

SDA Submission to the Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012

This report offers insights into the challenges faced by retail, fast- food, and distribution workers during the pandemic and recent lockdowns. In focus is the impact on job security and worker-customer relations during the pandemic.

This report provides information about the work, family and care arrangements of employees in Australia’s retail, fast food and warehousing industries. Through the pandemic, these workers have been recognised for their essential contributions in maintaining safe access to food and other necessities for the community. Yet this recognition is not reflected in their employment conditions and supports; they remain low paid and lack access to the flexibility arrangements which assist workers in other industries to provide care to children and adults, and to manage work and family commitments.

Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue Inquiry into Housing Affordability and Supply in Australia.

The pandemic experience has been largely positive for regional Australia - communities are growing and residents acknowledge they have not borne the same impact as major cities.

SDA Submission to Treasury regarding Retirement Income Covenant

The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021