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High Court rules against increasing paid sick leave for shift workers – NEWS.com.au
High Court rules against increasing paid sick leave for shift workers
A push to give shift workers extra leave entitlements has been quashed by the High Court. The Tasmanian Cadbury factory workers at the centre of the case work an average of three 12-hour shifts per week, and they and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) had argued they were entitled to paid personal or carer’s leave the equivalent of 10 absences from work per year, instead of the eight they received.
Last year, the Federal Court ruled that permanent workers should get 10 days of si…
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