By Erin the Employer
We are going where we are headed on climate change – and despite the plaintive cries of those afflicted with an ideologically driven anti-coal fetish, the future includes cleaner coal.
While renewables will play an increasingly important part in the mix, it is not possible to switch off coal-fired power stations and migrate to solar, wind or wave power overnight, even if we wanted to.
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UPDATE (13/11/09) – The results are in. Click here to see our findings on this important issue.
In a recent survey conducted by VECCI, findings have suggested 29% of respondents have experienced some form of loss in trade due to the rise in Melbourne CBD street violence, while 43% have experienced property damage.
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A report from the Daily Mail has revealed that one in five companies in the UK will forego plans for a work Christmas party this year, due to the recession. Half of the remaining 80% firms that were sampled were still undecided about whether they’d go ahead with a Christmas celebration.
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By Kristina Burke
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has announced that schools and children’s services that have been identified as being at high fire risk will close on days declared a Code Red Fire Danger Rating Day.
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By Alexandra Marriott
VECCI and DFP Recruitment held the third Human Resources Breakfast of 2009 yesterday morning.
I facilitated a conversation with our guest speaker Lisa Heap, Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) around the development of positive workplace cultures, and the capacity of positive workplace cultures to have a positive impact upon business productivity, motivation, work quality and retention.
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By Alexandra Marriott
Workplace Express has reported that the rise in dismissal-related claims in 2008-09 can be attributed to economic factors – primarily, the downturn arising from the GFC – in addition to the commencement of the Fair Work Act 2009 on 1 July 2009.
The AIRC’s annual report, released yesterday, shows that 7994 unfair dismissal and unfair termination claims were made in 2008-09. This represents an increase of more than 30% on the 6067 applications lodged in the previous financial year. Fair Work Australia received 2736 termination of employment claims between July 1 and September 30.
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By Alexandra Marriott
In the last few months, I’ve spoken to hundreds – possibly thousands – of people about the Fair Work Act 2009.
Our various constituents, members and clients have raised many concerns but, broadly speaking, these fall into two key categories (which appear to be universal, irrespective of the size or industry of an enterprise):
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By Alexandra Marriott
The AMWU and the AWU have formed a manufacturing alliance and will co-host a conference in Canberra on Wednesday 28 October. The intention of the conference is to deliver a paper titled A Country That Makes Things, written by the AMWU’s Dave Oliver and the AWU’s Paul Howes.
The paper proposes a seven-strand framework to facilitate ongoing productivity, and labour force participation, in the manufacturing sector.
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Anthony McIntosh
Both Tourism Alliance Victoria and VECCI participated in the 2007-08 State Parliamentary Inquiry into Rural and Regional Tourism.
One of a total of 39 recommendations in the Committee’s Final Report was the recommendation that “the State Government encourage Tourism Australia and the newly-formed Regional Development Australia to ensure the extension of high speed broadband internet and mobile phone coverage to all areas of the State.”
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By Kate Nicolazzo
We’ve all seen the ads and “get” why we need to reduce our carbon footprint, but finding the time to implement energy efficient practices can be tough in our daily lives. But starting down the path to ultimate energy efficiency is much easier than you think!
Here are our top 10 tips for saving energy. Sure, they might seem obvious but it’s always important to reinforce good behaviours especially ones that will save you money!
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