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Issue No. 311 | 16 June 2006 |
Big Target
Interview: Rock Solid Industrial: Eight Simple Rules for Employing My Teenage Daughter Politics: The Johnnie Code Energy: Fission Fantasies History: All The Way With Clarrie O'Shea International: Closer to Home Economics: Taking the Fizz Unions: Stronger Together Review: Montezuma's Revenge Poetry: Fair Go Gone
Esselte Occasioning Workplace Harm Indonesian Guards Occupy Office Leafy Council Rewards Choppers
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament Education
Career Opportunities A Nuclear Error
Labor Council of NSW |
News Andrews Backs State Laws
Ministerial advisers told the sacked woman, through the office of electorate MP Jackie Kelly, to use the state system to get justice after she was punted from her casual job. Denise Guthrey was frozen out of her job at a Cranebrook Pre School, in April, after she asked for permanency. Guthrey contacted local Liberal MP, Kelly, and was passed from the Office Of Workplace Services to the Industrial Relations Commission, which recommended Legal Services. The government's lawyers said she may have a case, but none of them understood the WorkChoices laws. Sick of the run-around, Guthrey went back to Kelly's office, which called the OWS. The OWS then contacted Guthrey to say the pre-school had done everything right. Guthrey, who had worked at the childcare centre for an average of 13 hours a week supporting children with 'additional needs', was fuming, and phoned Kelly again. This time Kelly's electorate officer went to the Minister. Guthrey told a Unions NSW meeting last week that Andrews' office had advised her to run an unfair dismissal case in the NSW State System. The LHMU filed a dispute in the state IRC. Guthrey is now back at work and happy with the outcome. "The whole process placed a huge strain on me and my family, both personally and financially," said Guthrey. "If I had to fight under the Federal laws I'd still be fighting - at huge cost to myself and my family. "I am glad that the state industrial law was able to provide speedy protection."
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