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Labour Review issue no. 108 - June 2003

Policy
Labour Law and the New Economy
The New Economy is upon us, so we are informed. These scholars look at what the New Economy is supposed to be and the implications this has for the way work is performed and regulated.
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working conditions
The Effects of High Performance Work Systems on Employees in Aged Care
High Performance Work Systems (HPWS) which comprise advanced employment relations policies and practices coupled with quality management systems, can improve organisational performance in terms of financial success, productivity and lower employee turnover.
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working conditions
Vying For Hearts and Minds: Emotional Labour as Management Control
Identifies how owners and managers use emotional labour to elicit workers’ consent to conditions of employment at Travel Corp, a US based professional services firm.
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labour hire
AMWU Turns Up the Heat on the Labour Hire Industry
In its recent submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), rejecting the ACCC’s ‘voluntary code of conduct’ for the labour hire industry, the AMWU produced a number of attachments, highlighting the deficiencies of the proposed code in ensuring ethical and professional conduct in the industry
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contracting out
Anxiety About Restructuring Behind Illness-related Absence
According to a survey of 40 municipalities published by the Swedish National Institute for Working Life, anxiety about operational changes is the single factor most clearly linked to the high level of long-term sick leave among municipal staff.
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contracting out
Downsizing and Structural Changes in Health Care: How to promote a healthy work environment in health care
Through the 1990s there was a sharp decline in the numbers employed in the health care sector in Sweden.
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contracting out
Health and Social Effects of Downsizing: a review
Extensive organisational downsizing and restructuring has occurred in many countries since the 1980s. The negative consequences for workers forced into unemployment are well recognised
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workers' compensation
Work-related Presentations to General Practitioners in Australia
Data on work-related disorders managed in general practice were obtained from a larger study of general practice activity in Australia during 1998 to 2000.
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