NSW: Gillard industrial plan bizarre, Hockey

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2007
NSW: Gillard industrial plan bizarre, Hockey

Federal Employment and Workplace Services minister JOE HOCKEY says Labor's plan to
dump workplace agreements and replace them with flexible awards is bizarre.

His comment follows JULIA GILLARD's remark that a federal Labor government will abolish
Australian Workplace Agreements.

However .. she also says workers can voluntarily continue under those agreements until
they lapse.

She's told the ABC that more than 30 per cent of workers are covered by common law
agreements .. which offer a lot of flexibility and would be part of Labor's industrial
relations arrangements.

Mr HOCKEY says the Labor Party is confused .. their policy is all over the place ..

and no matter what they say .. in industrial relations they follow the union movement.

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KEYWORD: WORKPLACE (SYDNEY)

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