摘要: Close to a third of workers in Australia are now employed as casuals or independent contractors (ABS, 2009a: 3).1 These have no legal expectation ongoing work, excluded from paid leave entitlements, and receive only minimal protection against unfair dismissal. Moreover, the proportion under these non-standard employment contracts has been growing steadily recent years, with casual contracting by 7.6 percent 14.8 respectively between November 2008 2010, compared less than six growth jobs entitlements (ABS 2008; ABS 2009a; 2010).