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  • Compounding vulnerability: Young workers' employment concerns and the anticipated impact of the WorkChoices Act.

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    McDonald, Paula
    Bailey, Janis
    Oliver, Damian
    Pini, Barbara
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Bailey, Janis M.
    Oliver, Damian J.
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    This paper draws on quantitative data from the Young Workers Advisory Service (YWAS), an organisation that provides information, advice, and advocacy to young workers across Queensland. Since its inception in 2002 YWAS has recorded 4, 769 inquiries from young people up to the age of 25, the most frequent being (i) dismissal/redundancy; (ii) problems with pay/remuneration; (iii) issues with employment conditions (e.g., working hours, AWAs, award conditions); and (iv) workplace bullying. Further cross-tabs and qui-square analysis of these categories reveals different types of youth (by gender, age, occupation, job status and ...
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    This paper draws on quantitative data from the Young Workers Advisory Service (YWAS), an organisation that provides information, advice, and advocacy to young workers across Queensland. Since its inception in 2002 YWAS has recorded 4, 769 inquiries from young people up to the age of 25, the most frequent being (i) dismissal/redundancy; (ii) problems with pay/remuneration; (iii) issues with employment conditions (e.g., working hours, AWAs, award conditions); and (iv) workplace bullying. Further cross-tabs and qui-square analysis of these categories reveals different types of youth (by gender, age, occupation, job status and industry) who are most vulnerable. In examining the findings, particular attention is drawn to the recent regulatory change in Australia's labour market as manifest in the 2005 WorkChoices legislation. It is argued that the youth are vulnerable in employment, and that this vulnerability will only be aggravated in a deregulated employment environment.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Bulletin of Labour
    Volume
    33
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Australian+Bulletin+of+Labour-p2332
    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Compounding+vulnerability%3f+Young+workers%27+employment+concerns+and+the...-a0170730865
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    © 2007 Australian Bulletin of Labour. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Applied Economics
    Business and Management
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/18465
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