Are we the lucky country for workers? How do Australians compare to other countries when it comes to work? In the first of a series, Michael Bachelard finds it's a mixed picture. Read more...

Election 2007 - AUSTRALIA DECIDES - Rudd attacks 'no skills shortage' claim LABOR has rounded on Finance Minister Nick Minchin over his claim that Australia does not have a skills shortage and for blaming labour market pressures on low unemployment figures. Read more...   RBA deals election campaign rate rise HOMEOWNERS have been hit with another interest rate rise, the first ever during an election campaign, as mortgage rates head to a 13-year high. Read more...   National Jet refuses to end dispute over union agreement The mining industry is on tenterhooks today, with pilots from the mining airline National Jet meeting to decide what type of industrial action to take in an effort to force the company to abolish Australian Workplace Agreements. Read more...   Club under cloud over AWA offers STAFF at a Melbourne country club were pressured into signing individual contracts and allegedly warned they would lose benefits, including sporting donations provided to employees' children, unless they agreed to the below-award agreements. Read more...   Fairness test not enough to protect vulnerable employees: academic The Federal Government's fairness test is insufficient to prevent employers using Work Choices to erode the conditions of employees in a weak bargaining position, according to a university report commissioned by the Victorian Government's Workplace Rights Advocate. Read more...   Fairness test agreements published next week; DEWR two months late releasing bargaining wages data The Workplace Authority will from next week begin publishing on its database the collective agreements that have been lodged with it since the fairness test was introduced on May 7. Read more...   Community corrections officers walk off the job About 120 community correction officers from around the metropolitan area have decided to take industrial action over working conditions. Read more...

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