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> I'd immediately resign You are assuming that is actually an option. There is nothing to suggest the current Australian government would not prevent you from

> I'd immediately resign You are assuming that is actually an option. There is nothing to suggest the current Australian government would not prevent you from resigning until the task had been completed. This is the same government currently attempting to make it illegal to boycott businesses that are damaging to the environment.

angry_octet 7y ago
They don't have legal authority to prevent you from resigning. Also, the proposed anti-boycott rules have been widely criticized as unconstitutional, unworkable and ludicrously against the conservatives free speech pronouncements. Unlikely they would get support from Senate cross bench.
- type0 7y ago
  They could compel your employer not to accept the resignation before the correct procedures are done and you have completed the task.
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  - crispinb 7y ago
    Executive powers in Aus aren't that strong - they'd have to pass a law to give themselves that specific power. I don't think there's one to permit this now, though I'm no expert and there are many obscure laws. That's the good(ish) news - the bad is that restraints on the passing of bad law are generally pretty weak in the absence of a hostile Senate. This is particularly true with the current feeble opposition, and even more so given the general atmosphere of cowering obeisance that the major parties have allowed (or encouraged) to develop around any legislation involving the word 'security'.
    - angry_octet 7y ago
      There is a good description of the many shortcomings of the legislation at https://stateofit.com/interception/ https://stateofit.com/interception/ and https://stateofit.com/interceptionpart2/ https://stateofit.com/interceptionpart2/ -- TCNs (compelled changes) are not the real problem, its the more than willing compliance from companies with TARs -- voluntary technical assistance requests. It is unclear how much (if any) the company is shielded from civil suits for complying with TARs. The problem is not really that you couldn't resign -- it is that the company would hire replacements that would get the job done. The company executive would be compelled to. Albanese (and his forgettable deputy Marles) have so far been a disaster for the ALP.
  - zik 7y ago
    Employers can't refuse to accept your resignation in Australia. Or rather they can refuse as much as they like but your resignation still holds.
  - austhrow743 7y ago
    As far as I know, employment in Australia isn't typically under the terms of indentured servitude. We haven't been a penal colony for a while now.
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angry_octet 7y ago

They don't have legal authority to prevent you from resigning. Also, the proposed anti-boycott rules have been widely criticized as unconstitutional, unworkable and ludicrously against the conservatives free speech pronouncements. Unlikely they would get support from Senate cross bench.

type0 7y ago
They could compel your employer not to accept the resignation before the correct procedures are done and you have completed the task.
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- crispinb 7y ago
  Executive powers in Aus aren't that strong - they'd have to pass a law to give themselves that specific power. I don't think there's one to permit this now, though I'm no expert and there are many obscure laws. That's the good(ish) news - the bad is that restraints on the passing of bad law are generally pretty weak in the absence of a hostile Senate. This is particularly true with the current feeble opposition, and even more so given the general atmosphere of cowering obeisance that the major parties have allowed (or encouraged) to develop around any legislation involving the word 'security'.
  - angry_octet 7y ago
    There is a good description of the many shortcomings of the legislation at https://stateofit.com/interception/ https://stateofit.com/interception/ and https://stateofit.com/interceptionpart2/ https://stateofit.com/interceptionpart2/ -- TCNs (compelled changes) are not the real problem, its the more than willing compliance from companies with TARs -- voluntary technical assistance requests. It is unclear how much (if any) the company is shielded from civil suits for complying with TARs. The problem is not really that you couldn't resign -- it is that the company would hire replacements that would get the job done. The company executive would be compelled to. Albanese (and his forgettable deputy Marles) have so far been a disaster for the ALP.
- zik 7y ago
  Employers can't refuse to accept your resignation in Australia. Or rather they can refuse as much as they like but your resignation still holds.
- austhrow743 7y ago
  As far as I know, employment in Australia isn't typically under the terms of indentured servitude. We haven't been a penal colony for a while now.
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