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Empower employers to rid the workplace of sexual harassment
08 Apr 2021
Employers, like the rest of the community, want sexual harassment in the workplace to be a thing of the past....
More work for part time employees under proposed IR changes
15 Mar 2021
ACCI has today released an important report to show how part time additional hours agreements will help to address underemployment...
IR Omnibus Bill needs to be passed this week
15 Mar 2021
Labor’s IR plan would cut job opportunities
10 Feb 2021
Labor’s industrial relations plan fails to recognise how jobs are created and what Australia needs to retain jobs and support recovery.
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Irresponsible union ad should be taken off air
01 Feb 2021
ACCI calls on unions to withdraw their latest advertising campaign opposing industrial relations reform, and to rethink their messages trivialising road...
Parliament must fix our broken IR system
09 Dec 2020
Members of Parliament must lay down their swords and agree to fix some key problems in Australia's IR system if we...
Modest Enterprise Bargaining Agreement changes are just a first step
09 Dec 2020
Enterprise Bargaining Agreement changes foreshadowed in today's industrial relations Omnibus Bill are critically important to supporting jobs and businesses in distress,...
Awards flexibility will save and create jobs
08 Dec 2020
Simplifying modern awards and providing employers and employees with more flexibility will help achieve the common goal of saving and...
Compliance changes must not put business at risk
08 Dec 2020
With many business owners at breaking point in 2020, criminalising underpayments and increasing civil penalties for non-compliance risks tipping the...
Casual employment needs to be given the green light
07 Dec 2020
Federal Parliament needs to send a message this week to encourage employers to create jobs and hire casuals by dispelling concerns around...
Relief over high court move on double dipping
26 Nov 2020
Australian businesses have been thrown a lifeline today in the fight against double-dipping claims, following the High Court's decision to...
Hijacking casual work won’t create more jobs
24 Nov 2020
Labor leaders and the union movement are trying to redefine casual work, putting Australia’s small businesses and jobs at risk.
Working from home must work for everybody
17 Nov 2020
ACCI urges the union movement to be realistic about working from home demands, as the country tries to recover economically from the pandemic.
Union movement makes a paper tiger from regional trade pact
16 Nov 2020
The union movement’s scare campaign about Australia’s participation in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a paper tiger. The ACTU...
Legislate licence changes for tradies
17 Aug 2020
State and Territory Governments should move quickly to legislate Automatic Mutual Recognition of licences as prioritised by the Federal Treasurer today.
High Court decision passes the pub test
13 Aug 2020
Today the High Court has issued its first decision on the Fair Work Act National Employment Standards since introduced more...
Government hears the call of business on skills & IR
26 May 2020
As the PM highlighted in his speech to the press club, small businesses are crucial to jobs recovery. Currently small...
JobKeeper payment will save jobs: ACCI
31 Mar 2020
Today's announcement is a game changer when Australia needs it most.
Landmark COVID-19 awards deal struck
26 Mar 2020
ACCI Workplace Director Scott Barklamb said today's deal was an "historic move during an unprecedented crisis".
Stimulus a short-term buffer for small business
12 Mar 2020
While the package is focused on providing relief over the next three months in the belief that the impact of CoViD19 will...
Ensuring Integrity bill too important to abandon
04 Dec 2019
This Bill is too important to abandon. We need to fight for vulnerable employees and small business people who continue to...
Failed Bill hits small business hardest
29 Nov 2019
The decision by the Australian Senate to reject the Ensuring Integrity Bill will suffocate small businesses who don’t have the...
Ensuring Integrity amendments get nod from ACCI
22 Nov 2019
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomes the release of proposed amendments to the Fair Work Amendment (Ensuring Integrity)...
ACCI supports Mondelēz appeal
16 Sep 2019
Everyone benefits from better union oversight
09 Aug 2019
With the Ensuring Integrity Bill on its way to the Senate after it was passed by the House of Representatives...