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Unfair dismissal and small business employment 21 June 2005 © Commonwealth of Australia 2005 ISBN 0 642 71534 3

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Membership of Committee	(PDF 109KB)
Terms of Reference	(PDF 88KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 92KB)
Preface	(PDF 112KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction and background to inquiry	(PDF 137KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Background Main issues The future of unfair dismissal laws
Chapter 2 - Unfair dismissal and small business employment	(PDF 173KB)
Testing Government claims about unfair dismissal laws and small business employment Unfair dismissal laws and opinion surveys Perception versus reality International evidence Unfair dismissal applications under federal and state laws
Chapter 3 - The right to dismiss unfairly: the Government's 'fair dismissal' reform bill 2004	(PDF 172KB)
Unfair or unlawful? The purpose of unfair dismissal legislation The provisions of the bill Consequences of the bill Is change needed?
Chapter 4 - Findings and recommendations	(PDF 121KB)
Government Senators' Report	(PDF 144KB)
Small business confidence Small business employment The need for a national industrial relations system
Appendix 1 - List of submissions	(PDF 83KB)
Appendix 2 - Hearings and witnesses	(PDF 111KB)
Appendix 3 - Answers to questions on notice and additional information	(PDF 83KB)
Appendix 4 - Federal Unfair Dismissal Cases Available in PDF format only	(PDF 128KB)
Appendix 5 - Answers to Senator Murray's question on notice no.50	(PDF 150KB)
Appendix 6 - Features of Federal and State termination laws	(PDF 99KB)

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Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3521
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5706
Email:	eet.sen@aph.gov.au