Posts tagged "labor jobs summit"

An early theme of this week's Jobs Summit has been breaking down gender barriers and increasing the participation of women in the workforce.

"The upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit looks like it’s from the 1990s when small business was never a consideration," writes Peter Strong.

The five broad themes of the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit have been laid out by the Treasury, giving industry groups, unions, and lawmakers a concrete understanding of the key issues under debate.

Bob Hawke popularised the political summit in 1983, and Labor leaders ever since have tried to emulate it. But are they actually worthwhile?

Ensuring equal opportunities and pay for women is one of the wide range of topics laid down for the federal government’s jobs summit.