atw: Re: Was OT: Culture - now truth and logic

warren wrote:

>Another former Melbournian has seen the light, and
graduated to the greatest city on earth.

No, you said she's in Sydney, not Perth!

>Why the obsession with bringing these anti-terror
laws in before the Industrial Relations laws?

You answered your own question very well, and the
answer is similar to the reason they want to bring in
the new IR laws--to give the well-heeled the
additional power they (don't) need to make themselves
even wealthier at the expense of the meek. An analogy
I like is that they're building a bigger wall between
the gold-bricked road and the gutter alongside it.

I've had to deal a few times with cafe/restaurant
owners who like to rip-off the (mostly) uni students
and backpackers working for them... $6/hour on Sundays
and holidays, deducting money when mistakes are made
due to poor systems. In the past I've been able to
write a forceful letter and get them to pay the award
rates. In the future, the law will be on their side.
It would be now if they took the effort to create
their own agreements.

I've even received a contract from Ambit ("Australia's
largest privately owned IT&T placement agency") that
had clause entitling them to give a one-hour
termination notice without cause. After I objected,
they withdrew the offer, claiming that if they changed
my individual contract they would have to change
everyone's.

How great would that be? Do four weeks' notice at your
current job; start the new one to be given an hour's
pay and a "sorry, we don't actually need your
services". I'm intrigued to know if someone actually
has accepted that condition. I normally wouldn't worry
expecting that the IR courts would find that
oppressive, but recent changes put me neatly in the no
man's land between the state and federal systems--with
no coverage.

Cheers,
Terry





                
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