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Overview — Labour hire agencies and on-hire workers
Nicholas Kelly, Associate, Rigby Cooke Lawyers
Introduction
Labour hire is a common part of many modern Australian workplaces. The purpose of this article is to examine how the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has dealt with recent unfair dismissal cases brought against labour hire agencies when their clients have directed them to remove specific on-hire workers from their worksites.
The impetus for the article is the May 2017 Full Bench decision of Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd (t/as Tasports) v Gee [2017] FWCFB 1714. In the decision, the FWC has provided useful clarification about how it will deal with unfair dismissal applications linked to on-hire arrangements.
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