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Title: Working in NSW - Office of Industrial Relations website
About: Starting work, getting paid, entitlements, leaving work, and workplace health and safety. Gives information on how to work out if you are working under a state or federal system.
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Title: Employers - Office of Industrial Relations website
About: Laws covering employment, responsibilities, recruitment, paying staff, termination of staff.
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Title: Pay slips: a guide to pay, pay slips and employment records
About: Available in Chinese, Vietnamese
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Title: Fair Work Online
About: Australia's new Fair Work system started on 1 July 2009. The new national workplace relations website has information for employers, employees and contractors.
Arabic, Chinese Croatian, Dari, Greek, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
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Title: Fair Work Ombudsman
About: Provides advice and information about workplace rights and responsibilities. The Fairwork Ombudsman investigates workplace complaints and enforces compliance with national workplace laws.
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Books in public libraries

Title: Employment Chapter 24: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Covers NSW employment law including minimum conditions, payment of wages and employment records, industrial instruments, hours of work, leave entitlements, discrimination, unions, termination of employment, unfair and illegal dismissal, the award system, certified agreements, casual and part-time work, redundancies and termination of employment, and the difference between an employee and a contractor. Federal employment law changed on July 1 2009, for information about these changes go to Fair Work Online.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Employment and the law - Hot Topics issue no 61
About: Changes to the employment regulation trhough Work Choices; difficult issues in the workplace, such as injuries, violence, discrimination, bullying and harassment. Recent developments in the law, such as a new offence for industrial manslaughter and the Industrial Relations (Child Employment) Act 2006 (NSW) are also included.
Author: Linda Tucker and Cathy Hammer
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Labour law 4th ed
About: Supplement for 2006 at http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=186287543X#booksupplements. A comprehensive text which includes the history of labour law, the constitutional framework, court and tribunals, awards and agreements, rights and obligations, unfair employment practices, trade unions, strikes and industrial action and occupational health and safety.
Author: Creighton, Breen and Stewart, Andrew
Where: Check your public library.
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Lawyers' Tools

Title: Australian employment law guide
About: Covers recruitment, contracts, discrimination, equal opportunity, awards, pay, leave, superannuation, occupational health and safety, grievance handling, records and files, industrial action, and termination issues. Location number Ref/N344.94012/1 and online (for onsite clients).
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Federal industrial law
About: Contains the Workplace Relations Act and related legislation. Location number Ref/N344.9401/32
Author: Trew, J L
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Industrial law New South Wales
About: Contains the Industrial Relations Act (NSW) and related legislation. Location number Ref/N343.94407/3
Author: Colvin, John
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Recruitment and termination guide
About: Covers preparing to recruit, the contract of employment, types of worker such as casual, part-time, independent contractors, labour hire workers and outworkers, teleworkers. Dismissal, redundancy, termination payments, disputes and remedies. Location number Ref/NQ344.9401/17
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Redfern Legal Centre's lawyers practice manual
About: Information about lawyer/client relationship, criminal law, including bail and pleamaking, defending in committal proceedings, drink driving, drugs and shoplifting, street offences such as swearing, prostitution and trespass. Also covers family law, accidents and compensation including workers compensation, tenancy, dividing fences, retirement villages, consumer law, social security, disability law, credit and debt, wills and estates, administrative law, immigration law, employment, discrimination and human rights, veteran's affairs and intellectual property. Location number LIAC/N349.944/6A.
Author: Rees, Neil
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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