What is it all about and what do you need to know?
You may be forgiven for being confused over the actual
implications of the Productivity Commission (the
Commission) Inquiry into the Australian workplace
relations framework and what the Commission's recently released
'Issues Paper' actually means for Australian employers.
"We have to fix industrial relations or get
poorer" (The Australian)
"Tony Abbott brings Work Choices back from the
dead" (The Canberra Times)
"Industrial relations landscape set for shakeup"
(The Australian)
"Penalty rates, minimum wage: all bets are off"
(Sydney Morning Herald)
"Productivity Commission paper expected to canvas
greater flexibility for hiring independent contractors" (Smart
Company)