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Awards promise not a guarantee: Rudd

4 September 2009

KEVIN Rudd will not guarantee that no worker will be worse off as a result of the Government's award simplification... read full story

Bosses fret over new IR laws

2 July 2009

UNEASY employer groups lined up beside the triumphant ACTU president, Sharan Burrow, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to face the full bench of the nation's new workplace tribunal yesterday... read full story

Employers Want Plan To Fund Projects

19 January 2009

VICTORIAN businesses are demanding the State Government use May's budget to explain how it will pay for major transport projects, some of which are not scheduled to be built for up to 20 years... read full story

Bosses Who Discriminate To Face Increased Scrutiny

18 January 2009

EMPLOYERS who discriminate against pregnant women and mothers will be targeted by a revamped equal opportunities commission likely to be given coercive investigative powers by the Brumby Government... read full story

Workers In Limbo As Car-making Hits Skids

10 January 2009

A UNION has called on employers to offer redundancy packages to car component workers left in limbo by the shrinking global demand for cars... read full story

Council Honours Young Mechanic

27 December 2008

JOE Quinn may be young, but he has already impressed his employers at Kiama Municipal Council... read full story

Employers Still Breaking Rules In Pregnancy Test

27 December 2008

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION laws to protect pregnant women workers and women on maternity leave are not working as they should, according to a report... read full story

Thumbs Down All Round For Workplace Overhaul

24 December 2008

EMPLOYMENT Minister Julia Gillard's attempt to dramatically slash the number of workplace awards has been attacked by employers and unions... read full story

Equal Pay For Migrant Workers Gains Backing

14 November 2008

AUSTRALIAN employers could be made to pay migrant workers market rates in an overhaul of the temporary visa system designed to prevent worker exploitation... read full story

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