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Unions have welcomed confirmation by Federal Workplace Relations Minister in a speech at the national; press club that the Labour government will ensure that genuine collective bargaining and union representation will be at the core of the proposed IR system. However in a media release on Wednesday ACTU President Sharyn Burrow has expressed concern that Fair Work Australia may not be given sufficient powers to settle disputes leading to disadvantaging of workers, particularly the low –paid.
Read more ACTU media releases here: http://www.actu.asn.au/Media/Mediareleases/default.aspx This Union is concerned at plans to reform Unfair Dismissal laws – while it appears that rights to bring a claim of unfair dismissal will largely be restored The government has also said that employees in businesses of less than 15 employees may be dismissed after 1 verbal warning and an opportunity to improve performance. At this time we have no information as to how the proposed legislation would assess the validity or fairness of a warning and the processes used by a small employer. The principle of procedural fairness in termination is very important to ensure that the rights of employees (regardless of employer size) are not subverted.
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