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There is effectively a class of Australian workers who don’t get holiday and sick pay, no matter how long or regularly they work, simply because their employer deemed them “casual” when they began.
Under the change, promised in Labor’s election campaign, there will be a new definition of when an employee can be classified as “casual”.
Changes to National Employment Standards have done little for casual staff hoping for conversion to ongoing positions. A comprehensive review of university work and employment is long overdue.
Casual staff often miss out on professional development and feel isolated and invisible. Team teaching helps support these staff while improving the continuity and quality of university teaching.
Universities have legitimate reasons for employing some staff on casual contracts, but the impacts of the COVID pandemic have brought long-standing problems to a head. Now is the time to act on these.
It’ll be harder for employers to underpay workers, but easier to offer them extra hours without penalty pay.
The federal government’s industrial relations bill will fix a problem that doesn’t exist by making a failed legal argument the law.
The government’s latest industrial relations reform does little to change the power between employers and employees - with the former still strongly advantaged.
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Fellow, Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Lecturer, School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor Emerita, Law, University of Sydney
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Associate Lecturer in Culture in Health, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Principal Fellow, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne