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Business criticises Labor's portable long-service leave plan
A landmark plan to allow tens of thousands of workers to transfer their long-service leave entitlements from one employer to the next has been set in motion.
A landmark plan to allow tens of thousands of workers to transfer their long-service leave entitlements from one employer to the next has been set in motion.
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"Decreased entitlements for employees with a proportionately negative impact on female employees."
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Big corporates Telstra, Woolworths, Westpac and 11 top-tier law firms have signed an agreement to hire more female barristers to improve gender equity in the profession.
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