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Labour Review issue no. 106 - May 2003

Policy

Trading In Our Health System? The Impact of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement On the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
The US Trade Representative has publicly stated that Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is considered a barrier to trade.

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legislation

Crisis and Prospects of Labour Law in Italy
Labour law in Italy is going through a great transformation. Del Punta outlines the origins of the current style of labour law in Italy, developed from the 1960s after much social democratic effort from the close of WWII.

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union rights - international

Bargaining for Health Care and Retirement Security in the USA
Australian unions are campaigning to maintain a universal health care system. US unionists are bargaining over the costs of health care coverage which they must pay upfront in the privatised world of health that Australians clearly do not want.

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Training

The Impact of Industrial Relations Systems on Training: Evidence From Selected Industrialised Economies
Different systems of industrial relations foster or discourage social dialogue in relation to training and other matters. Countries that have cooperative or consensual based systems of industrial relations tend to have greater dialogue between the social partners on training than those that do not.

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Termination

Are Probationary Employees’ Rights Any Less Than Employees?
The rights of employers to hire employees on a probationary period of employment is provided by federal and state legislation.

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Decisions

Gribbles – Was There or Wasn’t There a Transmission of Business?
The Full Federal Court has handed down another long awaited transmission of business decision in the case of Gribbles Radiology Pty Ltd v Health Services Union of Australia

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discrimination

Clothing Deal Knocked Back Over Lack of Info to NESB Employees
The AIRC has refused to certify a clothing manufacturer’s non-union agreement because of the inadequacies in information the company provided to its largely non-English speaking background employees

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labour hire

Agency Work in Britain Today
This report looks at the hard facts of agency working in Britain today and dispels some of the myths promoted by the recruitment sector and proponents of agency working and reported in the media in recent years.

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