Whos For I R Reforms

[harvyk]

At this stage the IR laws won't affect me as I'm a contractor, but I'm a contractor by choice (better $$$) and have gone about setting it up properly... I also feel that I won’t get screwed around to much as I am in a position that I can say no to bad contracts. But there are very few people who are in that position, and what is more is that if your forced onto an AWA (there are already people who will be forced onto an AWA by law – uni workers for one) you have little choice but to become a contractor without building in the protections that you need to be a successful contractor.

The “bas*ard of a boss” is not that uncommon, a few months ago I remember reading about office phyco’s and how they always seem to make it up the ladder, there is a reason for that, it’s because they do not care about others, or the positions that others are in. As such these people will happily stab you in the back if they think they can get away with it even if it will only increase their bottom line by $10. Essentially what JH is doing is giving these people the knife to do it with.

Whilst yes not all managers are evil f_wits and there are some great ones out there (I used to work under a really good manager, and even now my manager ain’t to bad) I have seen managers that love nothing more than to scare the living daylights out of their staff.

I think that we need some kind of reform, but not what JH is putting forwards. I believe that mangers should have the power to sack lazy workers (honestly there would go half the public service) but I think it should be a three strikes and you’re out type protection and each strike needs to be agreed to by all levels of management and a majority of co-workers.

With the scare campaigns that the unions are putting forwards I think they are showing the worst case scenarios, but all it takes is one “bas*ard of a boss” to make one of these scenarios which the unions are advertising to come true.

[Lumpen]

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[ktford]

I'm all for sacking lazy f*cks that sit about and take smoke breaks all day while I'm busting my hump, end of rant

What if one stands on his ciggie break? As I sit on lazy ass when I’m working – is that OK?

NO, ya bum

[Guest]

I for one am against what the little *beep* is proposing, I work 60 hours a week and 20 hours of that is overtime paid at the appropriate penalty rates,(most of the overtime is compulsory) if he decides penalty rates should be reduced or scraped should I be froced to work those extra hours for the same money as the rest of the normal week? I think not. I also get 2 rostered days off per month, which those 2 days pay are deducted from my wage each week, sould I be forced to give up my RDO's without recieving the extra pay that is deducted from my wage, I think not. With public holidays being scrapped do you honestly think most employers wont take advantage of them and treat those days as any other day of the year, without paying the appropriate penalty rates? and the little *beep* always talks of skilled labour shortages, what incetive is he offering for people to enter the workforce in these areas, individual contracts of less money, no public holidays, no penalty rates for less than 55 hours worked, flexible times of work which means you may have to work on a weekend with no penalty rates or start work at any hour of the day without penalty rates, As a worker in the building industry, his industrial police have more power over me than the local cops, which means if I dont "dob" in a mate who suggests this is not safe or that is not right I will face a huge fine (I think it can amount to $20,000) or a jail term or both with out a trial or jury, (If I killed someone at least I would have the right to a trial and a jury)

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Please tell me what a public holliday is,I got NFI,all I know is the phone dont ring,and I got no work,penalty rates,WTF are they

you dont know how good you got it

vik..try running your own business,then tell me all about it