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Labour Review issue no. 185 - July 2007

contractors
Collective Bargaining by Independent Contractors: Challenges from Labour Law
In Australia, the need to provide countervailing power for small business actors that can be lawfully exercised has recently achieved political legitimacy.
[ Full Story ]
corporations
A Glaring Omission? Corporate Liability for Negligent Manslaughter
There have been increasing calls for corporate manslaughter prosecutions as part of the overall regulation of workplace safety.
[ Full Story ]
work and family
Family Provisions and WorkChoices: Testing Times
The WorkChoices legislation restricted access to the family provisions set out by the test case that was concluded in the AIRC seven months earlier.
[ Full Story ]
Termination
No Logical Response Required: the Full Bench Explains Genuine Operational Reasons
In Carter v Village Cinemas Australia Pty Ltd [2007] AIRCFB 35 the full bench of the AIRC set out the meaning of genuine operational reasons and unfair dismissal and gave a clear statement of how the WorkChoices legislation had eroded employee access to the federal unfair dismissal regime.
[ Full Story ]
discrimination
Insidiousness and Insecurity: the New Face of Discrimination and Inequality in the World of Work
Inequalities between mainstream groups and those vulnerable to discrimination remain stubbornly persistent and continue to afflict millions of people worldwide.
[ Full Story ]
Policy
Which Way Forward for Dispute Resolution?
Whichever party wins government, procedures for dealing with disputes need to change.
[ Full Story ]
Work Hours
Long Working Hours in Australia: Working Time Regulation and Employer Pressure
In Australia, the proportion of full-time employees engaged in long hours, often very long hours, of paid work is relatively large and has been growing larger over the past two decades.
[ Full Story ]
Training
Varieties of Workplace Learning: A Symposium
Despite twenty years of “training reform” in Australia there are widespread concerns about a “skills crisis”. To what extent is it a training crisis, and to what extent is it a crisis in the retention of skilled workers, exacerbated by the new relationships of the workplace?
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