I was all in favor of award modernisation when the concept was first proposed.

There are many archaic awards in Australia, sometimes covering sections within industries. They need to be revamped and brought into the 21st century.

Winning a mandate to achieve this should not have been used by the Rudd Government to reduce flexibility and rip off employers.

Instead of having to pay double time on Sundays, penalty rates for casual staff to work weekends should have been abolished.

After all, the jobs are casual. The people work because they want to. If they don’t want to work on weekends, they won’t. Continue reading →

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