
Issue No 109		31 August 2001

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Della Moves on Pay Slip Concerns

In a win for workers, the Carr Government has tightened requirements on the information employers must place on their pay-slips.

The CFEMU construction division raised the suggestion in may at the height of the spate of company collapses leaving workers with unpaid entitlements.

They argued that employers should be forced to identify their legal name on all pay-slips, to prevent Patrick-style asset stripping that leaves workers with unpaid entitlements or without workers compensation insurance.

Under the changes, employers will soon be legally required to include their company name and Australian Business Number on their workers' pay-slips.

NSW Minister for Industrial Relations, John Della Bosca says the changes will prevent employers from masking the true identity of the business.

Della Bosca says failure to supply written pay-slips that contain all the information required by the regulation is a criminal offence, carrying a maximum penalty of $2,200 per pay-slip and per offence.

"This new regulation will mean that workers are left in no doubt as to who is actually employing them and it also removes some of the risk associated with business failures and the payment of entitlements," he says.

The regulation will commence on 1 January 2002 to allow employers time to change their payroll systems.

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Issue 109 contents

Interview: Union Power
Electrical Trades Union state secretary Bernie Riordan surveys the union movement's troubled relationship with Labor.

International: Spreading the Word
Veronica Apap profiles Kamal Fadel and the battle he is fighting for the independence of his homeland of West Sahara.

E-Change: Training for a Wired Workforce
Education is the entry point into the new economy; but the system still reflects an industrial age view of the world.

Unions: AWU Defends Millennium Train Workers
Mark Hearn looks at how a group of Newcastle workers are setting a new standard in the railways.

Politics: Chatting with Enemies of the State
Brazils MST is the largest and most radical social movement in the Americas. The CFMEU�s Phil Davey drops in for a chat.

History: Struggle and Inspiration
Rowan Cahill argues that it is only through understanding history that we can make sense of the present plight of workers.

Technology: A World Without Microsoft
Heather Sharp argues that all technologies involve political choices and moral values. Computer software is no exception, and it is Bill Gates' choices that dominate.

Review: Let There Be Rock
Kid Rock and Beer Bong, Australia�s Oldest Rock Fans review the week�s music and political events from the safety of the bar stool.

Satire: Tampa refugees ask to go home: "It's less inhumane than Australia"
The 460 asylum seekers on board the Tampa freight vessel have demanded to be taken back to their oppressive homelands, which they now realise aren�t nearly as hostile as Australia.

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