Oh for the good old days when workers where smart enough to frugally save something for their own retirement, rather than relying on their employer to do the heavy lifting for them.
While superannuation in itself is only one of the red tape burdens employers face on behalf of employees, when you add it to all of the other stuff that has been lumbered on employers you can see why permanency has been replaced by years of casual employment. Its also the main reason myself and many other past employers no longer employ people. ( we used to employ up to four people in our small businesses. )
Things such as paid maternity leave ( Whats that all about ? You have a baby you make the necessary preparations. Your employer shouldn't have to pay for your lifestyle decisions ), extra leave loading during holidays ( again " what the *** ", you expect to be paid more while you are on holidays than when you are actually doing something for your employer ? ) and long service leave ( you get a paid, giant holiday for months while your employer just keeps slaving away keeping the business going while you are away ). Not to mention redundancy pay. Again whats that all about. You have already been paid for the work you have done for the company. Your services are no longer required, so why do you get a massive pay out at the end. It just doesn't make any sense.
Workers have a responsibility to look after themselves. You do the work, you get paid fairly for what you have done, that should be the end of it !
The employer is not an extension of the social service they are a business. Social service outside of the work environment is a government responsibility, not the employers responsibility.
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