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FORWARD WITH FAIRNESS CHANGES

Click here for Jeffrey Phillips’ comments on Labor’s Transition Bill, published in Bulletin 3, Feb 2008, from National Workplace Relations.

Jeffrey Phillips SC, of Denman Chambers, Sydney, is the co-author of Law of Unfair Contracts in NSW published by Thomson Lawbook co. in 2003.

For an outline of the Labor government’s proposed Forward with Fairness changes, click here to read Bulletin 2, Dec 2007, from National Workplace Relations.

WORK CHOICES: COMMENTARY ARCHIVE

For Jeffrey Phillips' comment on the High Court challenge to Work Choices, click here.

"Further Focus on the WorkChoices Revolution", 7 June 2006. An overview of some of the main features in the ongoing development of Work Choices reform.

"High Court rains on the Unfair Contracts Parade", 29 May 2006. This articles discusses the recent High Court decisions on the NSW unfair contracts provision, s 106.

"The Contractor Did It!", 22 May 2006. The High Court's decision in the decision of Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Ltd [2006] HCA 19 further explains the notion of vicarious liability.

"Work Choices, annual leave and serendipidity", 24 April 2006. Work Choices has brought about significant change to the way annual leave is calculated for a large number of employees.

"The Empire Strikes Back", December 2005, and "The Empire Strikes Back II", March 2006. Amendments to the NSW Industrial relations Act 1996 are in response to federal Work Choices reform.