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| Subject: Socialist Ozschwitz Hell: Bosses fret over new IR laws Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:39 am | |
| UNEASY employer groups lined up beside the triumphant ACTU president, Sharan Burrow, and the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to face the full bench of the nation's new workplace tribunal yesterday.
Fair Work Australia replaces the Australian Industrial Relations Commission in an expanded role in which it will set minimum wages and adjudicate collective agreements - heralding a significantly altered industrial relations landscape.
The acting chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greg Evans, told Fair Work Australia that in the difficult economic climate many businesses were struggling to maintain viability and employment levels.
The chamber is concerned about the effect of unfair dismissal laws on small business and noted Fair Work Australia had already appointed 25 roaming conciliators that it said highlighted an expected "upsurge in claims". All employers were also now facing widened anti-discrimination provisions, it said.
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