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EMPLOYMENT

INTRODUCTION
EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS
Express and implied terms of the contract
The employee's duty - co-operation, care and fidelity
The employer's duties and rights
Other terms implied by circumstances
Casual employees
LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE WORKPLACE
FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS LAW
Who is covered by the Workplace Relations Act?
Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standards
Federal awards
Awards and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission
How to enforce award conditions
Federal Collective Agreements
Bargaining and protected industrial action
How to enforce a CA
Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA)
Workplace Authority and Workplace Ombudsman
Fairness Test
Bargaining agents
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAW GOVERNING THE WORKPLACE
Awards
Enterprise Agreements
Minimum standards
Employee Ombudsman
OTHER LEGISLATION
Long Service Leave
Equal Opportunity
Occupational health, safety and welfare
TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT
Upon the sale or winding up of the business
By giving notice
By breach or variation of the employment contract
Summary dismissal - 'on the spot'
UNFAIR DISMISSAL
Unfair dismissal under federal law
Unfair dismissal under State law
Harsh, unjust and unreasonable
When is a dismissal unfair?
Constructive dismissal
Remedies
Unlawful termination under Federal law
Redundancy
ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
Natural justice
Statutory employees
EMPLOYMENT AND CRIMINAL RECORDS
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INTRODUCTION  :  Last Revised: Mon Apr 30th 2007



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