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Sign this AWA!

Right now, workplace relations laws in Australia allow employers and employees to make individual agreements known as Australian Workplace Agreements, or "AWAs". The law prohibits an employer from coercing or applying duress to an employee to enter into an AWA, and the government's Workplace Inspectors are cracking down on employers...

Tags: Employee, AWA, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Campbell Fisher

Blog posts 2008-02-04

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Aisin Recognized by General Motors as 2007 Supplier of the Year

Aisin Sunroof Systems Among 'Best of the Best' PLYMOUTH, Mich., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Aisin World Corp. of America AWA, a Tier One, worldwide supplier of automotive components, today announced that it has received the General Motors 2007 Supplier of the Year award for its significant contributions...

Articles 2008-07-07

Braintech Awarded Sub-Contract for Naval Research Project

Braintech to team with BAE Systems, PaR Systems, and Carnegie Mellon on Phase I proposal for Automated Weapons Assembly Project WASHINGTON -- Braintech, Inc., (OTC BB: BRHI) will partner with BAE Systems, PaR Systems, and Carnegie Mellon University as a team participant for the Office of Naval Research...

Articles 2008-06-25

No more WorkChoices

When is WorkChoices going? The new Labor Federal Government has passed transitional legislation that now stops employers making any new AWAs, or individual contracts. Some employers who were already offering AWAs last year can still offer individual contracts called Individual Transitional Employment Agreements ITEA until January 2010, but...

Articles 2008-05-01

It's funny how an election changes things …

An end to AWAs and a roll back of WorkChoices isn't the only consequence of last year's federal election. Leading employer groups are now working with unions in a search for innovative thinking and creative solutions in order to end Australia's skills crisis. The National Skills...

Articles 2008-05-01

AWAs dead but nurses still not secure: AWAs have been banned by Kevin Rudd, but nasty loopholes remain as WorkChoices winds back

The Rudd Government's Workplace Transition Bill may have passed into law but elements of WorkChoices still remain, meaning that some nurses employed at private workplaces are still not secure in their jobs. Assistant General Secretary Judith Kiejda said one of the ugliest features of WorkChoices was the Transmission...

Articles 2008-05-01

Ombudsman secures $1 million in penalties

BUSINESSES BREACHING workplace laws have paid up more than $1 million in penalties over the 18 months to the end of February. Highlights of the penalties secured include: $351,975 ordered by courts in the ACT/NSW; $331,815 ordered by courts in Victoria; and $229,523 ordered by courts in Tasmania. ...

Articles 2008-05-01

Africa urged to step up malaria funding

LUSAKA AFP — African leaders were urged Friday to show political commitment by increasing funding towards the fight against malaria, one of the major killer diseases on the continent. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, said malaria continues to kill millions in Africa...

Articles 2008-04-25

Union Dental Anticipates 1st Quarter 2008 Revenues to Increase 10%

Union Dental Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: UDHI) -- http://www.uniondental.com/ir -- a Company that operates andmanages a network of dentists throughout the United States for unionmembers announced today it anticipates revenues for the quarter ending3/31/2008 of approximately $695,000 which is an increase of 10 % over thesame time period...

Articles 2008-04-22

Aisin Group Announces State of the Company, Technology Review at 2008 SAE World Congress

2007 was a 'good year,' says company president PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Aisin World Corp. of America AWA, a worldwide supplier of automotive components, announced today its 2007 global and North American sales figures, updated facility information, and provided a review of technology on display...

Articles 2008-04-14

AWAs cost workers up to $500 a week

Employees lost as much as $500 a week when they were put on AWAs Australian Workplace Agreements under the former Howard Government's WorkChoices law, statistics have revealed. An analysis of AWAs filed in the two months from May last year shows 45% paid up to $50 below the...

Articles 2008-04-01

Anti-union laws repealed in uni sector.(INDUSTRIAL: NAT)(Brief article)

Labor has repealed the former Coalition Government's anti union laws which tied university funding to Australian Workplace Agreements AWAs. The National Tertiary Education Union NTEU welcomed Labor's decision to repeal the laws during the first sitting of Parliament in 2008. ...

Articles 2008-04-01

City of Mississauga Introduces Progressive Alternative Work Arrangement Policy.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, Mar 26, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Today Mississauga City Council moved to further solidify the City's position as an Employer of Choice by approving three policies for its full-time, non-union employees: Expanded Use of Six Illness Days, a top-up to the Maternity Benefit...

Articles 2008-03-26

City of Mississauga Introduces Progressive Alternative Work Arrangement Policy

Today Mississauga City Council moved to further solidify the City's position as an Employer of Choice by approving three policies for its full-time, non-union employees: Expanded Use of Six Illness Days, a top-up to the Maternity Benefit Supplement and an innovative Alternative Work Arrangement AWA policy. "At its core, these...

Articles 2008-03-26

New power plant at Rotokawa

Mighty River Power will spend $450 million building a newgeothermal power station at Rotokawa, 10km north of Taupo. The state-owned electricity generator and retailer toldParliament's commerce select committee yesterday that the stationwould generate 132 megawatts of electricity, enough power for a citythe size of Tauranga. Chairwoman Carole Durbin...

Articles 2008-03-07

ViewAfrica Expand Pact with Intelsat

Wireless News03-04-2008ViewAfrica Expand Pact with IntelsatWIRELESS NEWS-March 4, 2008-ViewAfrica Expand Pact with Intelsat C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Intelsat, a provider of commercial satellite services, announced that U.K.-based ViewAfrica has contracted for additional capacity on the Intelsat 10 satellite for increased channel distribution. ViewAfrica Network is distributing free-to-air programming bouquets...

Articles 2008-03-04

WorkChoices winds back but the dangers remain: winding back WorkChoices is a good first step to protecting your rights at work but it will take two years to get rid of all elements of WorkChoices. Meanwhile, many nurses are still not secure in their jobs

The Rudd Labor Government has promised to abolish the worst of Howard's WorkChoices laws. In February, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced into Parliament proposed laws banning new Australian Workplace Agreements AWAs and replacing the Howard government's fairness test with a 'no disadvantage' test. The Government...

Articles 2008-03-01

WorkChoices impact expected to worsen.(INDUSTRIAL)

The fallout from the WorkChoices legislation is likely to be worse than expected and leave a long term impact on workers, Australian and New Zealand industrial relations academics warned at their 22nd industry conference in Melbourne last month. Griffith University industrial relations professor...

Articles 2008-03-01

Coalition attempt to block abolition of AWAs.(industrial)(Australian Workplace Agreements)(Brief article)

Legislation to repeal the former Howard government's unfair WorkChoices laws has been introduced into the national Parliament as promised by the Australian Labor Party during last year's election campaign. The new legislation, among other things, will prevent the making of further individual...

Articles 2008-03-01

ViewAfrica Extends Contract with Intelsat to Increase Its Channel Offering

PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today that U.K.-based ViewAfrica has contracted for additional capacity on the Intelsat 10 satellite for increased channel distribution. ViewAfrica Network is distributing free-to-air programming bouquets reaching all the Sub-Saharan countries. "The Intelsat 10 satellite...

Articles 2008-02-27