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Working on public holidays

July 15, 2013
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If you're a permanent employee it's your right not to work on public holidays.
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ACTU Industrial Action Strikes

Industrial action

July 15, 2013
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Industrial action or a 'strike' occurs when a group of employees decide to stop work to put pressure on an employer about an issue in the workplace.
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Contract work and Labour Hire

July 15, 2013
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Workplace bullying

July 15, 2013
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Find out what workplace bullying is and how you can stop it.
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Fair Work Ombudsman

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Back pay

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Back pay is money that is owed to an employee for work already done.
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Discrimination

July 10, 2013
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Award wages

July 10, 2013
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How is your pay rate worked out? Who says who gets what? These are big questions that employers, unions and governments have spent over a century arguing about.
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The problem with internships

July 10, 2013
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Hints and help for work experience

July 10, 2013
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Make the most of school-led work experience by reading our hints.
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