Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Sep 4th 2009, 4:44 am
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Agreed but holidays in UK were not too flash either.Mainland Europe has more paid annual leave as well as public holidays.
Sep 4th 2009, 4:50 am
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Not that I am complaining of course! I think my work /life balance is great.
Just think it's misleading to state that Aussies don't take much holiday when they get loads in the first place.
Americans only get 2 weeks and it doesn't accrue. Singoporeans don't get much either.
Just think it's misleading to state that Aussies don't take much holiday when they get loads in the first place.
Americans only get 2 weeks and it doesn't accrue. Singoporeans don't get much either.
Sep 4th 2009, 1:44 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Where I live, most people are casual.. therefore no paid holidays or anything.. no work = no pay.. just the way it is up on the Sunshine coast for quite a few...
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Sep 4th 2009, 2:50 pm
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Sep 4th 2009, 3:19 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
In effect they get the paid holidays in advance, with or without taking the holiday
Sep 4th 2009, 4:11 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Quite so. Australia as i understand it has the second highest number of patr time and casual workers in the first world. The Netherlands led the list.
Sep 4th 2009, 4:18 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Yes they get a little more cash but no job security guarantee.
Sep 4th 2009, 5:38 pm
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Sep 4th 2009, 6:11 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
I suppose, but the reality is that it is cheaper for the employer to have a casual rather than a permanent in the long run... when it gets to the point that they are being employed for most of the year then the employer, I would think, change them over to permanent surely?
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An employer, in a seasonal business, will need to be able to reduce staff levels easily and quickly at the end of the seasons.
Speaking from an employers perspective, I would prefer permanent rather than casual, if the work was guaranteed ongoing, as the casual side of things can work both ways.
Sep 4th 2009, 9:36 pm
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Re: Laid back Ozzie - is it a myth?
Normally that would be the case, but on the Sunshine coast and other holiday areas, there will be more casual work, basically because of the nature of that work, being holiday season casual work.
An employer, in a seasonal business, will need to be able to reduce staff levels easily and quickly at the end of the seasons.
Speaking from an employers perspective, I would prefer permanent rather than casual, if the work was guaranteed ongoing, as the casual side of things can work both ways.
An employer, in a seasonal business, will need to be able to reduce staff levels easily and quickly at the end of the seasons.
Speaking from an employers perspective, I would prefer permanent rather than casual, if the work was guaranteed ongoing, as the casual side of things can work both ways.
Em x
Sep 6th 2009, 2:57 pm
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