
Issue No 40		19 November 1999

News

Ozemail Downloading Leave Entitlements

Management at Ozemail, one of Australia's most successful Internet Service Providers, are refusing to bring workers' holiday leave entitlements into line with the statewide norm.

They are refusing to discuss annual leave arrangements, which the Australian Services Union, should be extended from four weeks to five to compensate for non-standard hours that workers are routinely rostered to work.

ASU Services Branch organiser Sally McManus says the problem is that there is no call centre award in place and therefore no industry norm.

But she says that the principle of five weeks annual leave for workers rostered to work on Sundays and public holidays is standard in industries where

"We have tried to talk to management, but they take the position that this is none of our business," McManus says.

And she says it's not just Ozemail workers who are entitled to extra holidays - anyone working in a call centre or IT company who is rostered to work non-standard working weeks could have a claim.

"With Christmas coming up, it's definitely worth checking whether you're getting the holidays you deserve," she says.

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History: Rhyme and Reason
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Health: The Food Police
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Politics: East Timor: Defeat or Victory for the Left?
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International: Kiwi Unions Rebuild from Ground Up
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Satire: Australian Democrats Revealed as Student Hoax
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Review: The Best of the Best
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Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre
View the latest issue of Labour review, our resource for officials and students.

Deface a Face: 25,000 Teachers Canï¿½t Be Wrong!
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» Reith Calls on States to Split Entitlement Costs

» Burrow's Plea: Net-Heads Must Take Leadership Role

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» Hospital Crisis Looms as Nurses Set Deadline

» Pre-Fab Shelter Wins UN Support in East Timor

» Rail Authorities Back Down on Surveillance.

» Rio Tinto Black List Exposed at Blair Athol

» Needle Stick Fears Spark Industrial Action

» Round One to the Cleaners

» Telstra's Greed Puts Service at Risk

» Tragic Death Leads to Lift in Contractor Safety Standards

» Oldfield in the Pub