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Intimidating and violent: defector

2 December 2009

A former Scientology leader says bullying is widespread in the church, writes investigations reporter Nick O'Malley... read full story

Ruling on sham contracts 'gives green light to bosses'

8 October 2009

UNIONS have warned that employers have been given the green light to employ workers on "sham contracts" that undermine wages and conditions after an important decision in the Federal Magistrates Court yesterday... read full story

Earning our keep

4 July 2009

The next challenge for the Federal Government, now that WorkChoices is officially dead, is to tackle Australia's chronic skills shortage... read full story

Vice-chancellors' Salaries Hidden From Public View

23 October 2008

SOME of the biggest universities in NSW have been hiding the salaries of their vice-chancellors by deliberately writing their employment contracts to make them exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, the NSW Ombudsman has found... read full story

New Uow Job Contracts Probe

1 February 2008

THE second investigation in a month will be conducted into employment contracts offered by the University of Wollongong, the Commonwealth Workplace Ombudsman announced yesterday... read full story

Telstra Staff Harassed Over Awas, Says Union

6 January 2008

TELSTRA has threatened workers with redundancy if they do not sign individual employment contracts, an inquiry into the giant telco will be told this week... read full story

West Was Not Won By Awas

1 December 2007

ONE of the foundation stories about former prime minister John Howard's workplace laws has been shown to be a myth: even the highest-paid workers on individual employment contracts voted against the government... read full story

Watchdog Bares Teeth On Fairness Tests

6 October 2007

THE workplace watchdog will begin investigations into 14,000 employment contracts within two weeks if employers fail to comply with the Government's Fairness Test... read full story

Government Tells Unis: Be Flexible And Limit Staff To Awas

30 July 2007

THE Federal Government has intensified pressure on universities to use Australian Workplace Agreements, with a new threat to withhold funding if they do not further embrace the employment contracts... read full story

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