Madness:
A LEGAL challenge by two Victorian country town teenagers to keep their jobs has been rejected by the industrial umpire.
In a case that came to national prominence earlier this year, 16-year-old high-school student Leticia Harrison and 18-year-old Matthew Spencer were among six teenagers stripped of their weekday shifts at the Terang and District Co-operative because the national retail award stipulated they had to work a minimum three hours instead of two.
This was despite the students and the owner of the co-op being satisfied with shorter shifts from the end of school to the 5.30pm closing time.
This is why governments should not stand between two parties acting voluntarily to reach a mutually beneficial working arrangement.
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