By The Editor
Last week, a report revealed the amount of sick leave taken in Australian workplaces has increased by 8% since 2007-08. With workplace absenteeism on the rise, we decided to find out your thoughts on what was the biggest cause of “sickies” in the workplace.
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By Kate Nicolazzo
There are big economic and social changes afoot in Australia with the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation currently being negotiated between our political parties and independent senators that will introduce a price on emitting carbon… something that has, to date, been free for everyone.
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After a few days of voting, there doesn’t seem to be a clear leader in the race for “biggest cause of non-genuine sick leave“.
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By Wayne Kayler-Thomson
Australia’s future is looking greener with the Oppositions proposed amendments to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation. These amendments mark another positive step towards Australia becoming a low carbon economy.
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By Erin the Employer
UPDATE [26/10/09] – what are your experiences with unfair dismissal claims? Take our survey to let us know what you think.
Hitting the front page of today’s Financial Review, an article reveals that, within the first few months of the Rudd government’s new workplace relations reforms, unfair dismissal claims have almost doubled.
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By Erin the Employer
An interesting report has come out of the Institute of Public Affairs that says that state governments have significantly increased their workforces since the 1990s, with Victoria leading the way.
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By Kate Nicolazzo
Over the past four weeks, I’ve been travelling throughout regional Victoria to talk to business leaders about the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the impacts it will have on business and the work that VECCI is doing to help businesses get ready for the low carbon economy.
These briefings have been a great opportunity to talk to businesses about the proposed design of the scheme and to focus on some of the nitty gritty issues in terms of how the scheme will affect their business and in particular where a carbon price is going to impact. There have been lots of great suggestions for new policies, programs or services the government could adopt (and VECCI can advocate for); and there have also been a lot of great questions asked. My upcoming blog posts will focus on these suggestions and questions.
Many of the questions that came up are covered in our Carbon 101 FAQs or in the VECCI Small Business and Climate Change Fast Sheet Series, however I thought it would be a good idea to post some of the questions that were a bit tricky or unusual right here on the blog.
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By The Editor
UPDATE (21/10/09) - Want to know how the results are shaping up for this poll? Check it out here.
With Australia just emerging from the deep end of a financial recession and the rest of the world still treading water, it might be reasonable to think that taking a ‘sickie’ would be the last thing on our minds.
But a report by Direct Health Australia indicates sick leave has increased on average by 8% since 2007-08. Of these respondents, 70% believed that somewhere between 10-25% of absences are “non-genuine”.
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After a week of vigorous voting, our poll on the benefits and feasibility of naps during office hours indicates that a nap-time revolution is still a long way from becoming a reality in the Australian work culture.
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By Anthony McIntosh
Victoria’s regional business events sector is facing arguably the toughest operating conditions in years. Knocked about by the GFC and the Black Saturday bushfires, the sector is down on previous years by as much as 35%.
And the further from Melbourne , the tougher the going.
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