IR Details
The new IR reform details were released today. They have a few nasties (worse than previously thought). A couple of points:
-It will be illegal to have unfair dismissal protection written into a contract.
-It will be illegal to have Union Representatives visiting the worksite as part of an agreement.
-It will be illegal to have Union fees deducted from salary.
- Kevin Andrews will be notified of any industrial dispute and can rule on how the dispute is to be resolved.
I can live with these points, except for the first! Not only have they removed protections, but they've made it illegal to bargain to protect yourself against unfair dismissal even if you employer agrees to have that protection! Why are Executive salaries protected against early termination, such that you can run a company into the ground and still walk away with a few million? It makes much more sense to illegalise that surely?
In terms of the regulations, they appear to be very dense and tricky to understand - tough luck for the small-business owner who has to wade their way through this new legislation before employing anyone!
So our new "fairer and simpler" system fines you for trying to protect your job, and makes it much harder to implement and adjudicate industrial relations at a workplace level. Fan-bloody-tatic.
-It will be illegal to have unfair dismissal protection written into a contract.
-It will be illegal to have Union Representatives visiting the worksite as part of an agreement.
-It will be illegal to have Union fees deducted from salary.
- Kevin Andrews will be notified of any industrial dispute and can rule on how the dispute is to be resolved.
I can live with these points, except for the first! Not only have they removed protections, but they've made it illegal to bargain to protect yourself against unfair dismissal even if you employer agrees to have that protection! Why are Executive salaries protected against early termination, such that you can run a company into the ground and still walk away with a few million? It makes much more sense to illegalise that surely?
In terms of the regulations, they appear to be very dense and tricky to understand - tough luck for the small-business owner who has to wade their way through this new legislation before employing anyone!
So our new "fairer and simpler" system fines you for trying to protect your job, and makes it much harder to implement and adjudicate industrial relations at a workplace level. Fan-bloody-tatic.
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