The Law Handbook 2024

1074 Section 11: Rights, activism and fair treatment at work Trade unions Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Unit 4, 365 Queen Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 486 466 Email: help@actu.org.au Web: www.actu.org.au Victorian Trades Hall Council Ground floor, Old Building, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South Vic 3053 Tel: 9659 3511 Email: info@vthc.org.au Web: www.weareunion.org.au General employment problems JobWatch Level 10, 21 Victoria Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 9662 1933; 1800 331 617 (country callers) Web: http://jobwatch.org.au JobWatch is an employment rights legal centre that provides a free and confidential information and referral service to Victorian workers about their rights at work. Unemployment schemes There are many schemes that help those who are unemployed and give subsidies to employers to take on new staff. Some schemes provide formal skills training, usually with a training wage lower than the normal applicable wage. For details of some schemes, see Chapter 5.1: Dealing with social security. Further information can be obtained from: Centrelink Tel (employment services): 13 28 50 Web: www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/centrelink Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment Tel: 1300 566 046 Web: www.dese.gov.au Australian Government Department of Social Services Tel: 1300 653 227 Web: www.dss.gov.au Sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Tel (general enquiries): 1300 369 711 (Monday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm) Tel (national information service): 1300 656 419 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 1.30pm) Email: infoservice@humanrights.gov.au Web: https://humanrights.gov.au Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) Level 3, 204 Lygon Street, Carlton Vic 3053 Tel: 1300 292 153 Email: enquiries@veohrc.vic.gov.au Web: www.humanrights.vic.gov.au Wage rates, employment entitlements and unfair dismissals Fair Work Commission Victorian office: Level 4, 11 Exhibition Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 799 675 Tel (out of hours emergency): 0438 244 996 Email: melbourne@fwc.gov.au Web: www.fwc.gov.au Fair Work Ombudsman Melbourne office: Level 12, 414 La Trobe Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 13 13 94 Web: www.fairwork.gov.au