ALP Industrial Relations Policy - ´Junking´ Or Only ´Massaging´ Workchoices?

Now that there has been a change of Federal Government, attention needs to be given to what changes in industrial relations law are on the horizon.

Peter Punch and Mick Sheils give an outline and general commentary on the major changes proposed by the ALP during the election campaign.

Firstly, the ALP promised the following major changes if elected:

Significantly, under an ALP Government:

• The Howard Government’s Work Choices laws will be abolished;
• Australian Workplace Agreements will be scrapped (although not immediately); and
• Employees will have rights if dismissed unfairly.

A UNIVERSAL SAFETY NET OF 10 NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS as follows:-