
Issue No 18		18 June 1999

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Holiday Bugs: Government Asked to Act on Y2K

The Labor Council will ask the Carr Government to force all employers to provide workers with print-outs of their accrued leave entitlements amidst fears the Millennium Bug could see them disappear into the ether.

The Council has asked Industrial Relations Minister Jeff Shaw to pass a regulation requiring all workers under state awards to be given hard-copies of their holiday and sick leave records to prevent confusion in the event of any Y2K computer meltdown.

Leave records could be lost where employers store all such information on computers which have not been checked to meet Y2K protocol standards.

The ACTU has advised workers to seek printed copies from their entitlements, but the regulation would force employers to assist.

It would be essential for workers to receive their print-outs by September 8, the first of five critical dates identified by computer experts.

The other critical dates are: 31 December 1999; 28 February, 2000; 31 December 2000; and 28 February, 2001.

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Interview: Ballot Boxing
In the midst of a key anti-union ballot, the Finance Sector Union's Geoff Derrick is learning vital lessons about life in a deregulated labour market.

Unions: Psyched Out
Intense competition in the labour market has fuelled a new renaissance in psychometric testing.

History: Rhetoric and Reality
This month will be a big one for Labor Party rhetoric about the "light on the hill".

International: ILO Adopts Child Labor Convention
Child slavery, prostitution and hazardous work have been outlawed in Geneva

Legal: Competing Agendas in Enterprise Bargaining
Recent developments show unions how they can turn the Reith laws on their head.

Review: Sister Power
A new book offers practical help for women who want to be heard.

» Carers Crisis: Victims Turned Away

» Farmers Back Social Audit

» Holiday Bugs: Government Asked to Act on Y2K

» Oakdale Miners Take Message to Canberra

» United Front for Public Sector Pay

» Talking Books Silenced

» Upper House Reform: Lest We Forget Greiner

» Pregnancy Bunfight Looms

» Horta Launches East Timor Mercy Ship

» Sparkies Back Fantastic Plastic

» APHEDA Helps Beat The Blockade

» Torture Support Day, June 26

» Guest Report

» Sport

» Trades Hall

» Piers Watch

» Chardonnay Debate Lacks Class

» GST Rally, Town Hall, Monday June 21

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