'Sham contracts': GP practices accused of receptionist rorts
31st March 2017
GP practices are employing receptionists on so-called "sham contracts" to avoid paying annual or sick leave, lawyers claim.
A Senate inquiry into corporate avoidance of the Fair Work Act has exposed extensive "sham contracting", wherein people working as employes are classed as independent contractors.
The practice - believed to be rife in the cleaning and construction industries - is also happening in white-collar sectors of healthcare, says Anastasia Polites, a lawyer at Legal Aid NSW.
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