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Labour Review issue no. 99 - January 2003

contracting out

Pattern Bargaining – taking a closer look
The Federal Dept of Workplace Relations (DEWR) has been investigating pattern bargaining in a very critical manner. ACIRRT has been conducting its own studies.

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AWAs and EAs

Innovative Clauses
Innovation in EA negotiations show some decent movements in clauses for casuals, redundancy, family friendly clauses and training

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AWAs and EAs

Wage Trends in Enterprise Agreements
For the September quarter 2002 the average increase was 4%pa, down by 0.2% from the June quarter. The gap between union and non-union agreements declined with 3.8% and 3.7%

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Awards

Award Simplification – will employers’ prayers be answered?
Tony Abbott is seeking to further reduce the list of allowable matters, as part of his attempts to simplify awards and decentralise bargaining. The changes also seek to restrict the role of the AIRC in applying awards to small business.

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Media

Big Brother At Work – time for legal reform?
Privacy protection for workers is limited and in many workplaces, workers are pressured to consent to practices that could affect their privacy. The Victorian Law reform Commission paper Workplace Privacy Issues Paper addresses these and other public concerns over surveillance and privacy-invasive technologies

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entitlements

Cashing In Annual Leave
Cmr Larkin of the AIRC has ruled that a non-union collective agreement which allowed employees earning more than $30,000 pa to cash in annual leave. Larkin ruled that it was a breach of the no-disadvantage test.

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contractors

Contract of Services or Contract For Services
The distinction between a contract of service (employment) and a contract for services (not employment) remains important. Modern legislative trends are moving away from a distinction.

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casuals

Decent Work For the Contingent Workforce in the New Economy
There have been immense changes everywhere in the nature of work and the regulatory forms that govern it. The end of what has been a neat divide between typical and atypical employment is an example.

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contractors

Redefining Employment? Meeting the Challenge of Contract and Agency Labour
The common law conception of employment is still the starting point for determining the application of Australian labour legislation.

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