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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by melbournegrad on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:26PM (#38212860)
Do we? Could you describe the law?

I don't think we have much protection for these types of labour hirec(as we'd call them in Aus) arrangements

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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by dhx on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:53PM (#38214128)
Refer to the Casual Employment Information Statement (CEIS)[1] and due-to-be-released-on-6-December-2023 Fixed Term Contract Information Statement (FTCIS)[2].

[1] https://www.fairwork.gov.au/sites/default/files/migration/72...

[2] https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/national-e...

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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by mianos on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:12AM (#38215299)
Refer to the actual relevant pages: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/find-help-for/independent-contra...

This said, referring to the section 'sham contracting', actually covers, by far, the majority of contractors, which are effectively full time staff.

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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by mianos on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:08AM (#38215272)
Correct, we don't.

There have been some recent court cases, sponsored by the unions, seeking to include full time benefits to subbies, but it's all a bit hand-wavy and, on the whole, people working with an ABN are not yet equivalent to full time employees.

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