Same downunder, Mary. 'Contract' means that you get no perks or benefits and at best one hour's notice to quit, no matter what the words on the contract say. Brian. <snip> As you may or may nor be aware, contract work is the way that corps avoid paying any benefits. Unlike you <decidedly smarter> folks down under, medical coverage is not provided for everyone. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************