Prime Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled a $9 billion package aimed at overhauling trade training and addressing skills shortages, after th…
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled a $9 billion package aimed at overhauling trade training and addressing skills shortages, after th…
A new year is often accompanied by new regulations. In 2012 there’s plenty for business to be across, from industrial relations to health …
Business groups have called for an independent review of Australia’s Fair Work laws, preferably conducted by the Productivity Commission. …
Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans has ruled out wholesale changes to the Fair Work Act, but says reforms based on evidence will be en…
Peak employer group the Australian Industry Group has welcomed transition arrangements for businesses adapting to harmonised occupational he…
Companies forced to make “significant changes” to comply with national occupational health and safety laws will have an extra 12 months to c…
Industrial relations lawyers are calling for a review of general protection provisions and lowering the bar for the industrial umpire to int…
The Gillard Government is pushing for an increase in apprenticeship pay as part of its $3 billion skills package and has called for workers …
More business bodies have called for a deferral of harmonised occupational health and safety laws, with the Housing Industry Association and…
Employers are being encouraged to apply for government funding as part of the new $558 million National Workforce Development Fund, enabling…
A record number of people are starting and completing apprenticeships at businesses, new figures show. According to a Federal Governme…
Business groups, entrepreneurs and lobbyists are busy working the phones this morning as they try to work out the implications, opportunitie…
