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| Anonymous | Jobs for older people | 6 | Jun 23 2008, 11:16 PM EDT by trgh | |
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Thread started: Mar 3 2008, 7:34 PM EST
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I think it's about time the issue of people over 45 not being able to find another job if they lose their current one was addressed. It has been ignored for long enough. In the mean time, I know of more and more people in that age group who cannot find another job and have been told in no uncertain terms that they're too old. Are we going to start supporting these people on welfare when they're perfectly capable of working and want to work?
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| KelticTonyRyan | Unemployment - the real picture. | 3 | May 12 2008, 4:03 AM EDT by Anonymous | |
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Thread started: May 9 2008, 10:19 PM EDT
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Although we all know not to believe the media, when the same figures are thrown at us daily by politicians and the media, with no challenging information, most of us accept the propaganda as self-evident fact.
So-paraphrased Hitler's propaganda minister. So here is the challenge of independent research (Australian Independent 2006 + updates). If you prefer to believe politicians and Rupert Murdoch this is your privilege: National unemployment, based on the definitions of employment/unemployment established in 1890, and universally accepted ie employment is having a job with a livable wage. National unemployment: August 2006 19%; 2008 estimated at 21%. Correlative data: Bulletin Gallop survey 1999; unemployment 23.4%. Commonwealth study into Aboriginal position on poverty line, relative to mainstream Australia; 23%; as opposed to 17% mainstream. National incomes: (a) 54% of Australians have incomes below $15,000; (b) 68% have incomes below $29,000. Interpretive position: 54% of Australians are dying in slow motion from lack of access to nutrition, medical and dental care. The dental factor alone will take 10-20 years off their lives due to premature death from heart failure. |
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| dra_red | Every worker to have a wage representative | 0 | Mar 30 2008, 7:03 AM EDT by dra_red | |
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Every employee should be required by law to be represented by a Human resource representative. This representative's job is to know what the job is and how much the employee should be paid. Before employment commences the representative and the employer can negotiate a fair wage for the employee.
This would address a big issue in Australia. An employee does not necessarily have the skills to negotiate a fair deal when he or she begins work. Employers either has the skills or has the money to pay someone who the skills. Too many of our workers have been raised as passive employees who have their pay dictated to them. This scheme would create an instant industry for wage representatives. Better representatives would soon get a good reputation and workers would flock to them. This is another key element to this scheme. The representatives need to be independant rather than government employees. Market forces will attract those who know their stuff and who have the skills required. This system is practically already in place for professional positions. Employees in some professinal jobs have recruitment officers that find work for them and negotiate a competitive salary. The same should be true for all employees. Cheers, Dale |
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| Anonymous | Set the minimum wage regionally | 5 | Mar 18 2008, 11:26 AM EDT by Anonymous | |
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Thread started: Feb 26 2008, 11:56 PM EST
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The cost of living varies by region. And the state of the labour market also varys by region. A minimum wage in one part of the country might provide a meagre existance whilst in another parts of the nation the same minimum wage might create unemployment. With some remote communities today suffering unemployment well above 20%.
The government body that determines minimum wages should also set a formula by where the national minimum wage is reduced in some regions that suffer high unemployment and/or have a below average cost of living. The ABS would need to provide the necessary unemployment data on a postcode by postcode basis. |
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| Anonymous | KEEP AWAs | 1 | Mar 10 2008, 9:56 PM EDT by Anonymous | |
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Thread started: Feb 21 2008, 1:33 AM EST
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This is jus a campaign promise gone amuck. AWAs have their place. Millions are already signed under them. Think of the chaos the will results when banned. Really, do we need to throw the baby out with the bathwater?
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