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Issue No. 355 | 01 December 2006 |
Seven Year Itch
Interview: Flying High Unions: TUF on Toll Industrial: Forward to the Past Economics: Debt and the Economy Obituary: The Charlatanry of Milton Friedman Environment: Low Voltage Legal: The Fair Deal Review: A Little History
Global Campaign for Jailed Iranian Union Leader Bully Tactics Can�t Dull Protests Which Bank Slashes Work Rights? Sunday�s The Day For Future Rallies Case Dismissed: No Justice in WorkChoices China (S)trains Procurement Policy Historic Case Restores Security Final Hurdle for Medibank Sell-Off
The Soapbox Parliament Health
Boss With a Heart
Labor Council of NSW |
News Case Dismissed: No Justice in WorkChoices
Judge Helen Morgan, while exempting a juror from duty due to financial hardship, said under the new IR framework many employers would shuck their civic obligations and refuse to pay employees or even sack them while on jury duty
While employers have no legal obligation to pay their juror employees, traditionally most have chosen to - with employees passing on the juror payment, less than half average weekly earnings. "On other occasions, as obviously now in this climate employers are entitled to do, they will not pay the amount of the usual salary of a person and consequently ... the juror can be obviously in quite severe financial difficulty and the court recognises that," Judge Morgan was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald. "The way in which the industrial area is proceeding now, it's going to become more and more likely that we will face this position."
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