"There's also the people employed on verbal agreements, who trust their employer in the beginning, but when the employer changes their mind, find it very costly to prove the terms of an agreement."
I'm not getting the facts across here......
The only "verbal agreement" possible would be one in which the remuneration and/or terms and conditions
exceed legislated (i.e. Award) entitlements.
An Award terms and conditions are the
minimum, basic terms and conditions on which one may be lawfully employed in Australia. One can not be employed on an "agreement" where the remuneration
or any other term or condition is less than that provided for in the relevant Award.
No Australian worker may be employed on any form of
registered agreement which fails the
No Disadvantage Test - I recommend you click on the link and read carefully.
In general, verbal agreements are not worth the paper they are not written on!
My local Maccas are offering $17 per hour (adult rate) to start, no training required, full time shifts, immediate start. They also employ overseas workers at the DIAC MSL of $37,665 per annum ($19.06 per hour).