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Thats no Hoax, it,s an AWA!
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I even knew they are a far different thing for the highly skilled and needed employee than the lower skilled but still this was a shock.
A bloke walked into an office and I got to see this AWA, drawn up for casual labour in building construction and such in suburban NSW.
IT HAD TO BE A hoax! JUST HAD TO BE! but a group including me rang the number and as we read each clause the person on the other end of the phone got more heated!
We can ask what we want of our workers they do not have to work for us he said.
Just maybe they have to eat and have to work mate!
23 clauses, of these 19 ended with a threat, if you break this clause we reserve the right to inform your employment agency and request you be barred from benefits for up to 16 weeks!
One clause if you are five minutes late for work you will be docked 4 hours pay.
Another if you miss a days work without informing us of a good reason you will be fined all the hours you have worked so far that week.
It is endless but under Howard's new safety net unlawful, however what about those who have already signed one prior to that ?
Sorry it is the lowest thing I ever saw and some who can not even read or write work in this industry.
Only a minority of bosses think like this but is that 5% or could it be 15%?
Are that many fellow Australia's to be caste out?
Fair go mate still has meaning for me.
Another clause if you take on work for a client of XXXX labour hire we reserve the right to fine you $3.000 and may take legal action for loss of trade!