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Labour law (also known as labor law or employment law) mediates the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, employer and union. Individual labour law concerns employees' rights at work also through the contract for work. Employment standards are social norms (in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work. Government agencies (such as the former US Employment Standards Administration) enforce labour law (legislature, regulatory, or judicial).

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    WA Damage claims no contract

    Hi I am a part time employee working roughly 35 hours with no contract and have been working with this employer for 2 years. Recently, the employer cutting my regular hours. Without notice, the employer advice as from next week my hours will be 20 hours per week. I have written back to the...
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    VIC Employment Law on Health and Safety at Work?

    A colleague is concerned about unsafe operating procedures at her work. She says that there is no health and safety manual at work (fruit trees), the equipment is unsafe, and she is having to fix equipment herself and also pay for it out of her money in order to get the job done. The owner...
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    SA Employment Law - Employment Agency Requesting Personal Information?

    I am seeking employment from an employment agency, eg: job prospects and they have asked me to supply my profit and loss statement for the past year. I am trying to build a business and at the moment it is more going out than coming in. Can the agency ask me for this information and am I...
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    QLD Employment Law - Who Gets Paid the Retail Cold Work Allowance?

    My question is from the perspective of a retail supermarket worker on how to read and apply the General Retail Industry Award clause under Employment Law: 20.8 Cold work disability allowance (a) Employees principally employed on any day to enter cold chambers and/or to stock and refill...
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    VIC Is Saturday an Annual Leave Day?

    I work Monday to Saturday for a salary they say that we are paid for 55hrs in which we may be required to work some overtime. Most weeks I work excess of 60hrs. I had a Saturday off given that I’d already worked 65hr during the week. My boss has decided that Saturday is an annual leave day...
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    WA Audio Surveillance in the Workplace - Legal Under Employment Law?

    Is it legal under employment law to have audio surveillance in any part of the workplace? (Medical Clinic)
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    QLD Breach of Ethics - Legal Under Employment Law?

    My husband has been hauled up before HR for a second time in six months, alleging this time that he is defrauding his employer by not working enough ( mostly because he needs to go to the toilet a lot - health reasons) despite the fact that the work is done to the satisfaction of his immediate...
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    NSW Employment Law - Threatening and Intimidating a Colleague?

    Hi dear legal people, I work in a large bank and this is the best job I have ever had, the job of my dreams. Really don't wanna lose it. I said something rude a colleague and by her answer, I realized that she didn't like it. I was being openly rude and intimidating. The next day, after I...
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    Employment Law - Corrections in the Electronic Service Record?

    By the letter of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation it was established that it is permissible to change information about the name of an organization only by recognizing past information as invalid - various kinds of corrections are not allowed. However, the instruction attached...
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    WA Racist Comment at Work - Gross Misconduct Under Employment Law?

    Good afternoon all, I'm in a position to liaise with HR on a recent workplace complaint. One of my direct reports (who is a supervisor) made an inappropriate joke about another person (team leader). This occurs on a mine site and swearing is far from uncommon. There were four individuals...
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