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Though times are very different now, there’s a strong case for the Albanese government to resurrect the Accord process of the Hawke-Keating era.
The centre will importantly function as a point of contact and referral for arts workers who have nowhere else to go for support.
Australia’s protection, even celebration, of ‘free riders’ in industrial relations is driving union membership down to US levels.
The strikes (minimum service levels) bill making its way through parliament potentially means employers can block named workers from taking industrial action.
Federal Labor made an election promise to criminalise wage theft. But there are better reforms more urgently needed.
The Albanese government’s pay secrecy ban is meant reduce gender-based pay differences. It could help others too.
Despite the controversy over multi-employer bargaining, higher wages are likely to come from other provisions in the Albanese government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill.
For more than a decade, employers have strung out negotiations or let agreements expire. Known as “zombie agreements”, those deals mean too many Australians are living with wages frozen in the past.
A new survey of Australian authors finds that while author incomes have (very slightly) grown, they remain perilously low – which makes it hard to find time to write.
After intense negotiations, Senate independent David Pocock negotiates for the establishment of a committee to boost economic inclusion in return for his support of the government’s IR legislation.
In this podcast Michelle Grattan & politics + society editor Amanda Dunn canvass the final sitting weeks of parliament, the Victorian election and the report into Scott Morrison's appointment to multiple ministries.
Deliveroo says it has been unable to achieve a sustainable position in the Australian market.
The Albanese government cannot deliver on its promise to life wages for low-paid care work without expanding multi-employer agreements.
Industrial relations is one of the perennial fault lines in Australian politics. As some battles get settled, fresh ones arise, often involving similar issues, in the enduring argument about growing and sharing the economic pie.
In this podcast Michelle and Amanda discuss Lathe government’s struggle to hasten through its industrial relations bill, he COP27 conference under way in Egypt, and the big cash splashes by successful Teals.
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.
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.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future and Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT 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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Associate Tutor, University of Surrey
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John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide
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ARC Future Fellow 2012-2016, School of Business, University of Sydney
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Professor, Monash Business School, Department of Management, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, UTS Law School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of management, Director of the Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, ARC Future Fellow, Business School, co-Director Women, Work and Leadership Research Group, University of Sydney
