National
Unions, employers and government will work together on industrial relations reforms to help kickstart the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Opinion
Calls for an overhaul of Australia’s workplace laws in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis are really an attempt to erode workers’ rights at the time when protections are most needed, argues Josh Peak – the head of SA’s biggest union.
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The clock is ticking on supermarket checkouts and operators, signalling a radical shift in future job opportunities across a range of industries. The question of how sidelined workers support themselves needs to be tackled now, argues Richard Holden.
Nearly half of the workers laid off after the closure of Australian car manufacturing plants and in the jobs market are now working casual jobs.
South Australia’s unemployment rate increased last month from 5.7 to 5.9 per cent, with 4700 fewer people now working than a month ago, in seasonally adjusted terms.
South Australian employers are more likely than their interstate counterparts to choose staff through personal networks rather than by advertising positions, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
