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Austraila’s minimum wages now operate in relative isolation. Until the 1990s they were part of an inter-connected system.
Even though enterprise bargaining agreements proved controversial when introduced, their use is actually in decline today.
Echoes of WorkChoices? The Coalition is keen to avoid any whiff of the failed policy, but some of the Productivity Commission's recommendations have a strong flavour of it.
Sunday penalty rates will go under Productivity Commission recommendations, but overall our workplace system was basically operating well, it found.
Over the course of the last few months, industrial relations has once again become a major issue on the national political agenda. Allegations of union corruption, uncompetitive wage deals, inflexible…
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