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BRING IT ON INDUSTRY WELCOMES REVIEW OF WORKPLACE RELATIONS LAWS
The announcement of a wide-ranging review of the Fair Work Act by the Productivity Commission is long overdue, say industry groups. For too long manufacturers have been hamstrung by restrictive and out-dated workplace relations laws. The Productivity Commission review is expected to address major flaws in the Fair Work system. Promised by the Abbott Government before the federal election, this is the first major broad-based review of workplace relations in 30 years. Unemployment and job creation, pay rates and the interests of small business will be included in the framework for a
sweeping review of national workplace laws. The review has the backing of major industry groups including the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Australian Industry Group (AiGroup). ACCI CEO Kate Carnell said: “Australia needs a modern flexible workplace system for a modern flexible economy. “The current system is not delivering what is required and we see the consequences of that every day in rising unemployment and business closures. There are major flaws in the Fair Work Act that are harming our productivity
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and undermining growth." “It really is crunch time, we either use this review as a foundation for meaningful productivity enhancing reforms or we remain bogged down in a legacy workplace system unsuited for our 24/7 economy,” said Ms Carnell. Ms Carnell said Australia’s workplace system must enable job creation, greater business investment and flexibility for new business models. “Otherwise we risk being left behind,” she said. Mr Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group said the Fair
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TURCK SEALS DEAL WITH GLOBAL AUTOMATION GIANT
In a major coup, TURCK Australia has been appointed as the Distributor in Australia for Banner Engineering, a world leader in automation solutions. TURCK, a leading manufacturer of industrial and process automation products, has enjoyed a synergistic relationship with Banner in many countries around the world. Their partnership started many years ago and has been synonymous with the growth and development of both brands around the world. “It made sense to capitalise on this global relationship in the Australian marketplace as the brands complement each other so well and make a powerful and complete package and offering for our customers,” said TURCK Australia Managing Continued page 6
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