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Labor Council to lodge ambitious job security claim

In a far-reaching bid to stem job insecurity, the NSW Labor Council will early next week lodge a test case application that, if granted, would give casual workers the right to convert to permanent, establish a set of criteria for contracting out, and give host rates and conditions to labour hire workers.

News in brief, July 30, 2003

Court knocks back bid to boost coal super contributions; Senate committee urges new employer incentives to create part-time jobs for mature workers; Victoria Police update hair policy to accommodate male officers; and Bus drivers strike in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Dual employer status stymies deal certification

The AIRC has refused to certify an agreement for employees at Liquorland outlets in Queensland until the parties overcome several deficiencies, including whether two related corporate entities can be regarded as a single employer.

Procedural fairness not a hollow obligation: Bench

In a ruling that underlines the importance of strictly applying procedural fairness when dismissing employees, a NSW IRC full bench has castigated a licensed club for withholding documents that could have established the innocence of a bar attendant sacked for theft.

News in brief, July 29, 2003

PBR bargaining period terminated; AIRC ratifies first postal services industry award; Bench upholds 90kmh average speed requirement under new enterprise deal; and Sydney Airport workers win extension on redundancy stay.




Banana trader sacked worker by imposing 65% pay cut

The NSW IRC has found that a banana trader unfairly dismissed one of its salesmen by asking him to work for award wages until the market picked up, despite claiming that his employment was not terminated.

News in brief, July 28, 2003

Safety net rise from August 1 for low-paid Victorians; AIRC full bench says Defence used independent contractor arrangements to avoid employment relationship; Bench resists Magnet Mart's undertakings on s170LK deal; and new US comparative data shows Australia has strong labour force participation by youth, but not by mature workers.