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Hi Peter, <<To close: IMO in 10 years we are either going to be very different place in Australia or left behind in the world. Play our cards wrong much longer and we will end up the White Trash beach resort of asia with cute animals, with our mining pits and the food bowl owned by China et...

Precisely ! It seems to me that should I own my own mini bus and choose to operate under the umbrella of an established business, then surely I should be allowed to negotiate terms without red tape interfering

It seems that any sense of proportion has left the building <<On July 29, Happy Cabby Pty Ltd was fined $238,920 for shortchanging seven Happy Cabby bus drivers more than $26,000 relating to work transferring passengers to and from Newcastle and Sydney airport in 2011. The fine - which...

The dangerous thing about this is that it is being suggested as a safe working requirement. Consider if an employee says to the boss, "I have a head ache" The boss must now decide whether to allow the employee to continue working or send them to a doctor. How does the boss do that ? If I go...

Maybe we can just let employees sign a contract and then send them their wages each fortnight at the beach. It does seem grossly unfair that we should actually expect them to let employment interfere with their social life. <<BOSSES will have to roster jobs around workers' social lives and...

If there was ever any doubt as to the madness and incompetence this part really makes it clear <<5. Discrimination You may be held liable if a worker engages in acts of sexual harassment or discrimination. This is regardless of whether they are your contractor or your employee. As an...

It seems to me that there must be a point where the obligations stop and the logical point would be if the subcontractor is a company. They must leave some way for people to be able to start their own businesses and grow. In the past it has been via a subcontract period, gather equipment and...

Hi Painter, That sounds particularly nasty doesn't it, I would think that some major project builders are going to be put out of business with this latest "bright idea" Most subbies simply move from site to site but stay with the same builder which means that technically they are actually...

One thing that unions and governments don't "get" is that the vast majority of employers need good staff. In any position that requires a bit of product knowledge or experience the last thing an employer wants to do is to have to train new staff all the time. Employers want to keep the staff...

I have been following a thread elsewhere and this part of the new employment laws is currently being discussed. It would seem that any one who employs people is regarded as guilty of any wild accusation made against them by a disgruntled employee unless/until they can prove their innocence...