Keywords: Workplace Relations
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 03 November 2008
5 Comments
Commentators predict the economic crisis will see firms fall back on tried-and-true experienced male managers. Women who mould themselves on men whose language and patterns of relationships were formed in the schoolyard will not last long.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 27 August 2008
9 Comments
The Government's Social Inclusion Board has commenced work. Provided 'social inclusion' doesn't become a buzzword to cloud discussion about service delivery, it could be a useful means for enhancing human flourishing.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Lawrence
- 03 June 2008
2 Comments
Labor has followed the former Howard Government by not nominating a figure in its submissions to the
Fair Pay Commission's review of minimum wages. If the commission discounts wage increases to balance tax cuts it will tip
the scales against disadvantaged working families.
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AUSTRALIA
- Susie Byers
- 04 March 2008
2 Comments
Reforms need to be proposed with an eye to
compassion, providing real skills and training, and dealing with
the underlying issues of racism, mental health, poverty, and education. These have a far greater impact on workforce participation than bone
laziness.
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AUSTRALIA
- Chris Perkins
- 21 November 2007
2 Comments
The union movement in Australia has fought hard to protect Australians' rights to equal pay for equal work, without discrimination. However the Howard Government's Work Choices legislation seems to have undermined this.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 14 November 2007
For the unemployed, single parents and people with disabilities, mutual obligation is about pushing income support recipients into the labour market. It’s a combination of help and hassle — but with the emphasis increasingly on hassle.
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EDUCATION
- Chris Middleton
- 19 September 2007
Earlier this month, a federal parliamentary committee recommended that teachers should receive higher pay, as an incentive to attract quality recruits and to improve retention. But a new policy could undermine the collective quality of school education.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Brian Lawrence
- 06 September 2007
Brian Lawrence is the author of Workplace Relations: A Catholic Perspective, published by the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER).
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Lawrence
- 05 September 2007
Work plays an immensely important role in personal, family and community relations. We can expect that the Federal Government's Work Choices legislation will have a significant impact on its election prospects.
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AUSTRALIA
- Keith Harvey
- 27 June 2007
2 Comments
The Government’s "fairness" Bill provided that new agreements should compensate employees for loss of particular award conditions. Since individual agreements remain the cornerstone of the Government’s laws, the fundamental right of employees to bargain collectively and be represented by their union remains absent.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Button
- 16 April 2007
4 Comments
The social policies of the Australia's past worked reasonably well in protecting people from serious poverty. But now we require new policies providing a similar sense of security and contemporary relevance.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 24 December 2006
The idea that neither Peter Costello nor Kim Beazley will ever be Prime Minister of Australia has been reinforced in recent months. From 25 July 2006.
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