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National workplace relations laws need to change, SAWIA chief
A submission from the wine industry to the Productivity Commission’s national workplace relations review has highlighted the need for comprehensive reforms to the federal workplace
Penalty rates, hidden compliance costs come out in survey
Source: Grapegrower & Winemaker, May 2015, www.winebiz.com.au/gwm A RECENT survey of wine industry employers from across Australia has found the current workplace relations system to be complicated and
Winemakers forced to recruit overseas workers over lack of applications from Adelaide’s jobless
GRAPE growers and winemakers say they are being forced to hire foreign workers because people from Adelaide’s high-unemployment areas seem unwilling to move even temporarily
Return to Work Regional Seminars
Return to Work Regional Seminars South Australia’s new Return to Work Act will commence on 1 July 2015 heralding the biggest change to South Australia’s
NSW Workcover mentor program open for businesses
WorkCover NSW is calling for small and large businesses across the State to take part in its 2015 Mentor Program. The WorkCover Mentor Program is
How to: write a stand-out job description
Source: Grapegrower & Winemaker, January 2015, Emilie Reynolds THERE has been an article circulating the internet recently, which discussed the influx of ridiculous and over-complicated
Get the interview process right – Part 3
Source: Grapegrower & Winemaker, November 2014, Stephanie Timotheou How can a candidate ‘nail’ their interview? Christian Campanella, Pernod Ricard Winemakers’ global HR Director: Interviews can
Reaching the top: Predictors of women in the top roles in the wine industry
Jeremy Galbreath, from the Curtin University School of Business, has been researching the roles for women within the wine industry. She suggest that wineries are
Government assistance for employing people with disabilities
The 3rd of December was International Day of People with Disability. Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Minister responsible for
Fair Work Ombudsman’s presence helped ensure ‘level playing field’ for Hunter Valley grape harvest
Source: Fair Work Ombudsman, http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ Employers say scrutiny of wages and conditions for seasonal workers in the Hunter Valley last summer kept some rogue labour-hire contractors