Chapter:
18 - Industrial Relations
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Source:
Union: SDA
My Private Notes


Preamble
​Young workers are vulnerable workers often exposed to a power imbalance at work. This includes unnecessary risks when working alongside adult co-workers, sometimes in vulnerable, late-night settings.

Most Australians would be surprised to learn that there are few requirements for adults working alongside children to get working with children checks (WWCCs). This had led to incidences where adults charged, or even convicted, with child sex offences can work alongside children in retail, fast-food and hospitality settings.

In November 2024 the McKell Institute in conjunction with the SDA released a report “Safety Not Guaranteed: Preventing Young Workers From Experiencing Predatory Behaviour”.

General Resolution

Safety of young workers

​ACT Labor calls on the ACT Government to:
• review legislation to require employer funded working with children checks where people are working with children including in retail and fast food;

• expand the definition of "child related work" to include working in or providing services to workplaces where children are employees; and

• amend the Bail Act to include a mandatory bail condition for individuals charged with child-related offences that the applicant agrees to not engage in child related employment including where children are employees.