Workforce Conference 2008

7^th Annual Workforce Conference (8-9 September 2008 – Melbourne)

Podcasts

Click the icon above to hear Julie Bishop’s address at the 7th Thomson Reuters Workforce Conference.
Duration 27:23
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Click the icon above to hear Peter Schwab’s introduction to the 7th Thomson Reuters Workforce Conference.
Duration 4:17
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Conference Papers and Presentations

Christopher Platt
Director, Workplace Policy, AMMA
The need for a tough cop on the beat – presentation (ppt)
The building industry regulator – A tough cop or a transition to a toothless tiger? – report (pdf)

Barbara Bennett
Workplace Authority
Agreement making and the no-disadvantage test – presentation (ppt)

David Gregory
VECCI
The New Industrial Relations Environment… Labor’s plan to restore universal access to the Unfair Dismissal laws – presentation (ppt)

David Rumbens
Access Economics
Economic outlook and the impact for IR – presentation (ppt)

Professor Ian Harper
Chair, Australian Fair Pay Commission
The 2008 minimum wage decision and its social and economic impact – presentation (ppt)

Jack de Flamingh
Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgrath
Labor’s substantive WR legislation – presentation (ppt)

Julie Mills
CEO of the RCSA
Skilled migration: solution or short-term fix? – presentation (ppt)

Marcus Clayton
National Practice Leader, Industrial & Employment Law
The powers and prosecutions of the ABCC – presentation (ppt)

Mark Gepp
CPSU Assistant National Secretary
What’s happening in the APS under recent changes – presentation (ppt)
Australian Government Employment Bargaining Frameworl – paper (pdf)
Far from equal – An analysis of pay arrangements in the Australian Public Sector – report (pdf)

Peter Fotiades
Director, People Systems, MCL ATO
The impact of the new performance management framework on public & private sector professionals (a pragmatic approach) – presentation (ppt)

Ray Evans
Globalisation and the Australian Labour Market: A long term perspective on Labour Market Reform – presentation (ppt)

Stephen Smith
Director – National Workplace Relations, Australian Industry Group
Presentation, 9 September 2008 – presentation (ppt)