New laws hit Qld govt workers' conditions

QUEENSLAND public servants will soon be forced onto individual contracts with reduced work conditions, unions warn.

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie introduced in parliament on Thursday sweeping changes to industrial laws for state and local government workers in the state.

They come as the government brings in laws to stop workers injured on the job from seeking compensation if their impairment is less than five per cent.

Mr Bleijie says there are more than 100 industrial awards and agreements covering government employees which have created an administrative nightmare.

He says the proposed reforms would make awards easier to understand and set minimum safety net standards for conditions such as annual leave, sick leave, family leave and long service leave.

Highly paid senior staff will also be able to negotiate individual employment contracts, he says.

"This will only apply to staff whose remuneration exceeds $129,300 per year, the same high income threshold set federally by the Fair Work Act," he said.

He promised that no one would be forced to accept an individual contract.

But Queensland Council of Unions president John Battams disagrees.

He says the reforms will force many workers onto individual contracts, strip away their conditions and limit the terms of industrial agreements.

He likened them to former prime minister John Howard's controversial WorkChoices laws and says they'll impact on more than 300,000 workers.

"This attorney-general has the legal skills of an unsupervised articled clerk but is indiscriminately slashing the rights of Queensland workers," Mr Battams told workers who rallied outside parliament on Thursday.

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