What your small business should know before workplace rules change on June 6
Major changes to Australia's industrial relations landscape are less than a week away from taking effect, as a result of last year's seismic Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill.
John Durie: COSBOA in turmoil amid internal investigation and politicians’ calls for CEO Alexi Boyd to be sacked
The future of COSBOA CEO Alexi Boyd hangs in the balance today, after calls for her sacking from the federal Opposition and board leaks showing she was rolled on the industrial relations campaign last week.
“There is real anxiety from small business”: David Pocock explains his industrial relations deal-making strategy
As business groups bemoan the contentious Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill, independent Senator David Pocock says the amendments he secured will shield small businesses from the most significant industrial relations reforms contained in the legislation.
Small businesses under 20 staff shielded from enterprise bargaining reforms as IR bill nears passage
The federal government's industrial relations reform bill is set to pass into law after the Senate crossbench secured a raft of amendments.
John Durie: COSBOA IR reform debate intervention too little too late
COSBOA has made a late entry into the industrial relations reform debate, calling for more time and expressing concern at the bill’s increased complexity and multi-employer bargaining.
John Durie: It’s time for a small business-specific IR award
Why doesn’t the federal government revive an old plan to establish a small business industrial relations award?
“Drag them against their will”: Chambers of commerce launch last-ditch ad campaign to postpone IR bill
Australian business lobbyists have launched a last-ditch attempt to convince lawmakers to split, postpone, or abandon Labor's contentious industrial relations bill.
Qantas says multi-employer bargaining could jeopardise flight routes as unions condemn employment “loopholes”
Labor's omnibus industrial relations reform could impose devastating costs on Australian airlines and put the "viability of some services into question", Qantas says.
Labor agrees to multi-employer bargaining concessions as it pushes to pass legislation before Christmas
The federal government is optimistic that amendments to its industrial relations reform package, including tweaks to its multi-employer bargaining plans, could secure its support in the Senate.
“Serious concerns”: Senate crossbenchers David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie say they won’t rubber-stamp Labor’s industrial relations reform bill
Labor hopes to pass its industrial relations bill by December 1, but key Senate crossbenchers say they need more time to assess the reforms.
The government’s draft IR reforms need proper safeguards to ensure businesses aren’t at risk
The proposed bargaining legislation prioritises the goal of lifting wages above the equally important goal of delivering the business productivity gains needed to fund such wage increases.
Labor tables IR reform bill, pushing for multi-employer bargaining changes to boost worker wages
The federal government has introduced the first batch of its long-heralded industrial relations reforms into Parliament.
