The Victorian government was using a sector known for its non-compliance with minimum labour standards for an important public safety job. That decision has come back to bite it.
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There is very little evidence that overall labour market insecurity is getting any worse. Trends are stable for rates of casualisation, churn, self-employment and multiple job holders.
Revelations of a “black labour market” operating in Australia has underlined the need for further investigation into the plight of insecure workers, says the chairman of a new Inquiry.
Australia’s law could be tightened up to better define the responsibility for labour hire workers.
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PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Management, EMLV, Paris and Adjunct Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
