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Inquiry into independent contracting and labour hire arrangements

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Report

On Wednesday 17 August 2005, the House Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation tabled its report on the inquiry into independent contracting and labour hire arrangements entitled Making it work.

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 6 chapters, 1 dissent and 7 appendices.

Making it work

Preliminary pages (PDF 152KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 (PDF 88KB)
Introduction

Chapter 2 (PDF 282KB)
Independent contracting

Chapter 3 (PDF 291KB)
Labour hire

Chapter 4 (PDF 348KB)
Issues to address

Chapter 5 (PDF 354KB)
Commercial arrangements

Chapter 6 (PDF 216KB)
Future for working arragements

Dissenting report (PDF 154KB)
Mr Brendan O'Connor MP, Mr Tony Burke MP, Ms Annette Ellis MP, and Ms Jill Hall MP

Appendix A (PDF 53KB)
Conduct of the inquiry

Appendix B (PDF 46KB)
List of submissions

Appendix C (PDF 148KB)
List of exhibits

Appendix D (PDF 90KB)
List of hearings and witnesses

Appendix E (PDF 113KB)
Independent contractor or employee?

Appendix F (PDF 42KB)
OHS administering organisations

Appendix G (PDF 40KB)
A proposed redefinition of employment