Denmark has the type of industrial relations system the government wants to move to. It has fewer industrial disputes than Australia, lower unemployment, and similar wages growth.
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Dealing with the crisis, driven by the Ukraine war, is now Labor’s problem, and that gave Dutton something substantial to latch onto.
Employers are embracing electronic surveillance tools. The technology is new but the thinking is old – and flawed.
The government will bring in early legislation for multi-employer bargaining and implement a range of other changes to the industrial relations system.
The trade union movement’s proposal to allow ‘multi-employer’ collective bargaining has won crucial support from small business advocates.
We’ve researched co-operation at work for many years – and its much easier to talk about than to achieve, especially in a political system as adversarial as Australia’s.
Beyond arguing for an increased minimum wage, the new Albanese government needs to fix an outdated system that’s failing our lowest-paid workers – especially women.
After holding the shadow portfolios, it is expected Tony Burke will be sworn in as minister for the arts and minister for industrial relations.
Lifting wages will be a priority for the Albanese government to ease the cost of living. But the unions and the Greens are likely to push for more changes to tackle problems with the Fair Work system.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has no plans to reintroduce controversial industrial relations changes. His problem is the Coalition’s track record.
A teacher was fired this month for reading his favourite picture book, I Need a New Butt, to kids. It’s an example of how US conservatives are focusing on school boards as weapons in the culture wars.
For anyone who assumes someone’s professional past will predict their future behaviour, Geoffrey Giudice’s life of public service is an invitation to think again.
Few Australian companies have been as harsh as Qantas in dealing with employees through the pandemic.
Victoria Police recently won the rights not to be contacted out of work hours. They are not the only employees who need a proper break from work.
The government has backed down from its plan to legislate for the suspension of the Better Off Overall Test for COVID-affected businesses.
Pauline Hanson has told the government it will need to drop its proposed watering down of the BOOT if it wants One Nation support.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
With the announcement of Labor’s industrial relations plan, and government IR legislation already before parliament, the next few parliamentary weeks may be dedicated to fierce IR debate.
It’ll be harder for employers to underpay workers, but easier to offer them extra hours without penalty pay.
Anthony Albanese will risk a backlash from employers when he releases an industrial relations policy promising a substantial increase in the rights of Australians in insecure work.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Associate Tutor, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology
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Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Honorary Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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ARC Future Fellow 2012-2016, School of Business, University of Sydney
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Affiliate Researcher, Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, UTS Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Monash Business School, Department of Management, Monash University