| There was a very important decision handed down on December 29, which fanned the flames under the debate about casualisation in the workforce. |
| To make matters worse, port management is trying to lift the level of casualisation to half its workforce. |
| Focusing directly on happiness, rather than GDP growth, would suggest policies such as a shorter work week and discouraging casualisation of the workforce. |
| There also needs to be strategies to reverse the trends to individual contracts and increased casualisation as these also affect the pay outcomes for women. |
| The underlying trend over the past eight years has been towards the ever-greater casualisation of the workforce. |
| Together these tendencies bring increased flexibility, casualisation and insecurity, staff cuts, downsizing and outsourcing. |
