Posts tagged "australian industry group"

Another Queensland construction company has crumbled amid intensifying market conditions, with skyrocketing material and labour costs making business-as-usual untenable.

Small business associations and employer groups continue to argue over the failed outcome of the industrial relations omnibus bill, which passed the Senate last month.

With most states, except NSW, aiming to eliminate the coronavirus, employer groups say constantly changing borders rules are making it "impossible" for businesses.

Small business advocates are sceptical the Payment Times Reporting Framework will actually do what it says on the tin and improve payment times.

Scott Morrison's call for unions and business to find common ground on IR reform will not be easy. Many areas up for discussion have been contentious issues for years.

A landmark Federal Court ruling has re-ignited debate about casual leave entitlements and puts businesses employing 'regular casuals' in a spot of trouble.

Lobbyists say small business is threatened by casual double-dipping amid ongoing uncertainty over court action, who it effects and why.

Federal and state workplace health and safety laws say responsibility for a worker’s death lies with an employer, but these laws are rife with loopholes.

Labor's industrial relations spokesperson Brendan O'Connor says Labor will consider sweeping changes to Australia's employment landscape.

Employers will have an avenue to offset claims for back pay from 'regular casuals', but the government has stopped short of trying to change the Fair Work Act to clarify the definition of casual work.

A Coalition-majority committee chaired by Barnaby Joyce has recommended changes to the Fair Work Act to protect workers from casual work pitfalls.

Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has intervened in a test-case over whether casual loadings can offset annual leave claims.