Queensland Premier Peter Beattie announced today that he would amend the State IR Act to protect conditions including long service leave, super, severance pay, notice of termination, dispute-settling procedures, weekend penalties, jury service and overtime and shift loadings.Sydney University Dean of Law, Ron McCallum, who was one of the architects of the 1999 Queensland IR laws, said Beattie had the power to make such laws to cover federal award employees and independent contractors.
Beattie recognises that the Federal Government is in a powerful position to advance its plans. "This will be a hard-fought battle because, constitutionally, the Federal Government holds all the aces and will soon control the Senate".
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