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Labour Review issue no. 115 - October 2003

contracting out

Transmission of Business Provisions in Outsourcing and Privatisation
An examination of the provisions regulating transmission of business contained in the Workplace Relations Act.

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entitlements

Servant or Serf? Severance Pay on Transmission of Business and the Right to Choose an Employer.
The right of employees to choose for themselves whom they would serve has been described as the main difference between a servant and a serf.

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entitlements

Redundancy Payments In a Transmission of Business: Legislative Responses to the Amcor case.
An outline of the reasons why an employer may be held liable for redundancy payments even where employees’ rights and entitlements are preserved in a transmission of business situation, and considers the implications for enterprises engaging in restructuring of the recent Federal Court case involving Amcor and the CFMEU.

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entitlements

Employment Issues In the Transmission of Businesses: Avoiding the Pitfalls
Commercial lawyers often provide advice in relation to the sale and purchase of a business, mergers, outsourcing of functions, incorporation of previously unincorporated businesses, or the privatisation of government enterprise.

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legislation

Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Workers
The Bracks government has begun taking action to reform and re-regulate labour relations in Victoria.

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Decisions

The High Court on Vicarious Liability
Vicarious liability is a common law doctrine that holds an employer liable for the torts of employees, regardless of the fault of the employer.

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Decisions

High Court Sinks CSL Pacific’s Foreign Crew Strategy
The unanimous decision of the High Court in the CSL case is certainly a resounding victory for the union and a defeat for CSL and the federal government.

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union rights

The Future of Work and Unions
We like to think of ourselves as committed to a “fair go”. But Australia is a society where fairness is in decline.

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