‘Workplace’ Archives
WorkCover
The Hon. MATTHEW MASON-COX: Mr Watson, I refer to your comment that WorkCover is such a good place to work and that is why so many people want to work there. How does that statement stack up in light of the reports in the press about bullying and harassment in WorkCover? [Read More]
Fair Work Australia – serious questions asked about viability
“To have a genuinely national system there will at some point need to be a rationalisation of the ten-plus State and Federal agencies and tribunals. Industry, however, would have serious concerns with a new agency that diminished the functions and independence of [Read More]
Pay gap a problem for both sexes
The gender pay gap is not just a ”women’s problem” and legislation should be renamed the Workplace Equality Act to ditch the stereotype, the Federal Government’s equal opportunity agency has argued. It has also called for the power to target [Read More]
Fair Work Australia: A union-enforced straitjacket on workers
It is nearly two years since former Prime Minister John Howard’s government was defeated in an electoral landslide, in no small part due to opposition to its hated “Work Choices” laws, which helped employers impose individual contracts on workers. Workers were led to [Read More]
Business group accuses unions of meddling
A peak business group has accused the new workplace regulator Fair Work Australia of overstepping its power, claiming it is allowing unions to “frustrate democratic processes”. A series of decisions by Fair Work Australia to block or delay votes on workplace [Read More]
Inquiry recommends Fair Work be passed
The Rudd government has a mandate to reform the powers of the building and construction industry watchdog, Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard says. Her comments come after a Labor-dominated Senate committee released a report backing government plans to replace the [Read More]
Fair Work makes no sense in GFC
The July 1 arrival of Fair Work Australia suggests claims about the death of the Industrial Relations Club were somewhat embellished. For most of the 20th century, wages and conditions in Australia were determined by government-appointed commissions, unions and employer [Read More]
Fair Work Act 2009
As of 1 July 2009, employers and employees may be subject to a new national workplace relations system. If you are an employer in the federal system, it’s important for you to be aware of and comply with the Fair Work Act 2009. Fair Work Australia The Fair Work Act [Read More]
