Nanango librarian sacking: workchoices at work

The old bush song had it right: "It's on to Nanago that hardbitten township/where the out of work station hands sit in the dust"

The sacking of a librarian by a Queensland council while she was on sick leave has divided a small rural community.

Leigh Sheridan, 35, who ran Nanango Shire Council's library for 14 years, found out she was sacked by fax on Monday, within hours of new WorkChoices legislation coming into effect.

The changes exempt companies with fewer than 100 employees from unfair dismissal regulations.

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