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The law on unpaid work experience: Is the benefit worth the “cost”?

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Brian Powles

The prevalence of unpaid work experience in Australia is staggering, especially in regards to young adults. A study published by the Commonwealth Department of Employment found 58% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 had completed a period of unpaid work experience. 61% engaged in work experience lasting less than a month, while…

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Elite performance and bullying at work – are some people flying over the radar…?

Posted on May 26, 2015January 18, 2016 by Staff Writer

Perhaps the most alarming finding of recent Royal Commission into Institutional response to child abuse has been the fact that some of the ‘elite’ institutions, regarded by many as a society’s leading organisations,  have turned the blindest of eyes to the activities of their employees.  This is  proof that whatever our contemporary conceptions of equality may…

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