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Awards
Awards set out the rights and obligations of employers in regards to hours of employment, pay rates, penalty rates, loadings, allowances, leave entitlements, employment protection provisions and part-time or casual work.
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Agreements
Stuff on Agreements
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Superannuation
Superannuation is an important part of your wages package. Superannuation provides a nest egg for you and your family on retirement, many employers might try to under-cut your legal entitlements, so its important that all workers know what their entitled to.
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Dismissal or Termination
Workers have rights in regards to being terminated by their employers. Here is information on what the boss can and can't do.
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Redundancy
Many workers these day may be offered or forced to accept Redundancy. Redundancy should only apply when employees are laid off on a permanent basis because their work is no longer required by the company due to economic, technological or other reasons dealing with a significant changes to the employers' current position.
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Discrimination & Harassment
Discrimination, harrassment and bullying in the workplace are serious issues. Discrimination or harassment due to age, sex, pregnancy, carer's responsibilities, race, marital status, disability, religion, homosexuality and transgender are all illegal.
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Employment Status
In today's workplace many employers try to rip off their employees by changing your employment status, its important that workers are aware of what their employment status is and what that entails.
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