It is worth noting that under the original timetable of the Hon Tony Burke MP for the Closing Loopholes Bill, it would have been passed as law this week....more
Anything but casual…
In the first of our series examining the Closing Loopholes Bill introduced into Parliament yesterday, we look at the new measures for casual employment....more
Some of this is guesswork, and the extent of what’s coming is uncertain, but: What’s obvious is the Labor Government’s intent to drive permanent employment and use legislative levers to reduce the number of other categories...more
Many in our readership will have embarked (or are embarking) upon a compliance audit of workplace entitlements. Anyone who has done so will appreciate the difficulties associated with what becomes a massive and complex task....more
The key issues affecting Australian workplaces bear a strong resemblance with those in the United States. While generalizations suffer from the limitations of being just that, here are five issues HR and workplace leaders in...more
As you will recall, the view of many is that enterprise bargaining in Australia has run its course. Essentially the view is that there’s little incentive for an employer to bargain (beyond avoiding harm to the business...more
Last week I declared that most cases of employee underpayments are inadvertent and that businesses, especially large employers, are working on compliance measures....more
Almost daily, we read about employer failure to comply with award or enterprise agreement obligations. Opportunistically and in keeping with the sport of “business bashing”, the failure is termed “wage-theft”, as if to brand...more
A consistent theme in recent years for both employers and unions is that enterprise bargaining is broken.
The genesis of enterprise bargaining in the mid 1990’s lay in its potential to generate productivity gains at a time...more
More than ever boards and senior executive teams are held accountable for workplace liability. This combined with the impact of social media, and its capacity to spread tales of woe, makes ‘the workplace’ attract boardroom...more
6/5/2018
/ Corporate Branding ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Health and Safety ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Safety
Social, technological and economic forces impacting the workplace will continue to pose challenges for employers, employees, unions, policy makers and regulators in 2018....more
2/6/2018
/ Australia ,
Construction Industry ,
Infrastructure ,
International Labor Laws ,
Mining ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Ports ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Unions ,
Wage and Hour