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Permanent casuals: A contradiction in terms!
Jim Stanford | October 12, 2018Recent legal decisions are starting to challenge the right of employers to deploy workers in "casual" positions on a long-term basis. For example, the Federal Court recently ruled that a labour-hire
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The true dimensions of insecure work
Jim Stanford | June 1, 2018Less than half of employed Australians now hold a “standard” job: that is, a permanent full-time paid job with leave entitlements. That’s the startling finding of a new report
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Better wages and public services should come before tax cuts
Jim Stanford | May 11, 2018The Coalition government’s 2018 budget features a plan to cut personal income taxes for many Australians over the next few years. The government claims it wants to reward lower- and middle-income
