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Labour Review issue no. 166 - June 2006

Temporary Agency Work in an Enlarged European Union
The regulation of temporary work has been a contentious issue at European level for nearly a quarter of a century, since the Commission first proposed a directive in the area in 1982.

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legislation

Work Choices Special Edition Economic and Labour Relations Review
This special issue of the Economic and Labour Relations Review is devoted to an examination of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005(Cth).

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legislation

Two Non-paternalistic Arguments Against Choice in Workplace Arrangements
Margaret Thatcher famously said ‘there is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families’. The Government’s industrial relations legislation with its emphasis on choice seems rooted in this view of the world, which has much to recommend it.

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history

Beyond Industrial Relations: WorkChoices and the Reshaping of Labour, Class and Commonwealth
How new is WorkChoices? No prime minister was less likely to throw away the opportunities presented by the control of the Senate than John Howard for whom industrial relations 'reform' has been an article of faith throughout a lifetime in politics.

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legislation

Industrial Relations Is the Church's Business
Cardinal Pell has dropped another very large pebble into Canberra’s political pond. He expressed concern that the new industrial relations regime would put downward pressure on minimum wages. The ripples could still be seen the next day in the flurry of questions in Parliament.

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legislation

Fair Go, FairWear
The sewing machine features prominently in many immigrant homes across Australia.

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worker participation

A Personal Stake: Why Employee-owned Businesses Return More than a Profit
Employee-owned businesses remain an oft-overlooked option for companies as a means toward ramping up productivity, profit and morale.

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Union Membership and Density Levels in Decline
Trade union density rates, which in the 1970s increased in most developed industrial economies, are now declining, according to a recent analysis.

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