What do you think of the work place laws that john Howard has introduced?
917234
Has he banned lunch hours yet...?
579388
well i am sure this is some good but I am unaware of it. All I know is that the unions break the law constantly. You cannot fight them, you cannot win. And chances are you will break your neck if you try to reach for the brass ring they will dangle in your face. I assume you are a worker that will be directly affected by this vs someone like me who just works in the office, right ? Ask yourself this: DO you ever want to be self-employed ? IF the answer is yes, you are going to have a hard time being in the union's system.
332406
we are protected by state and federal laws, also unions. australia has some of the best working conditions in the world, people at my work have been there over thirty years...
1086222
Yes, I firmly beleive we should close the borders immediately!!! A couple of years ago the Australians sent a navy frigate to make sure that a boat load of immigrants did not enter, we should be this stringent, and has anyone ever seen how hard it is to emmigrate to a place like new zealand ( you have to show you would be of benefit to the country and if you want to start a business employ two nationals by the end of the first year) I do not accept the 'it helps the econonomy' argument put forward by sympathisers to these people. With unemployment at nearly 2 million nationwide now we should be saying that we will not allow any more in until a large proportion of these people are in work.    If we need better skilled people then do more to train these people instead of giving handout after handout, I do feel that the country is becoming 'ghettoised' for want of a better word and this does not help multiculturalism in the least - it detracts from it and it is no particular factors fault (i.e everyone wants to live with people like them). Of  course I sympathise absoloutley with genuine assylum seekers and the like, however the law states that they should seek refuge in the first safe country they get to, which should make us last in line. In doing what Blair & Co are doing at the momment we are just storing problems for the future - but then a Prime Minister who has already said he does not intend to serve another term in office is hardly going to worry about that now is he!!!
396430
definitely!!!!, all american labor laws should be enforced for all american-run foreign companies, or american companies based abroad using foreign labor. \n\nthis is a big problem today, with outsourcing and all, which is basically paying local slave-low wages, even by the other country's standards.\n\nnot sure what the current laws concerning this area is, but the follow-through and control/regulation would be difficult, but is equally important!
840581
I think it would be a FINE idea... have seen it at work in other countries such as Switzerland and The Netherlands.\n\nThe trouble in the USA is rather simple... business (Contractors) wouldn't permit it.  Imagine all that (relatively) cheap labor in the hands of the government !!  Building our infrastructure: roads, bridges, cleaning our parks, etc... they'd all be on a pay-structure that would drive the UNIONS that get those government contracts batty !!\n\nBut also... THINK of the money the tax-payers could SAVE !!  Projects done for half (or less) of the cost we pay today.  We'd have virtually ZERO unemployment in the 18-21 yr range, and they would gather useful training during that period that might just reduce unemployment further down the road.\n\nApply some rules not unlike the military regarding behavior, fiscal responsibility, and pride.\n\nYes, I like the idea.
280729
It is time to deal legally with employer's who use them for cheap labor,shut the door until we can take care of the legal citizen first kick out the ones here illegally lots of work to be done once again your government has failed to perform its function by enforcing the laws on the books!
218110
John Howard is the prime minister.
131943
"Federal work rules on the issue are murky. In 1998,\nthe Occupational Safety and Health Administration\nreleased an interpretative memo stating employers\nshould give workers "timely access" to facilities.\nWhat exactly timely access constitutes has largely been left to companies to interpret."
424350
open door policy is good. it lets workers know if they have a problem they can go and see there boss and take the problem to them.
936581
Nicking our jobs, nicking our housing, clogging up the supermarket aisles, being arrogant and rude to Brits - need I go on ?? x\nSorry - forgot to add the males that are in their 20's to 30's are laughing their arses off at us as they pay with their £80.00 food vouchers at the checkout - given by the government !!!!!!
888440
I agree. Many governments (Hong Kong, UAE and others) feel the need to keep the overseas contract workers under their oppressive control and violate their basic human rights. Only global condemnation and action can have some impact.\n\ncc
622875
it's easy to say "let them have the jobs we don't want to do" Well yea, nobody WANTS to do some of this work, but some of us HAVE to. They are making it more difficult for regular blue collar workers to make a living. My husband has been in construction all his life, used to provide really well for us but now most places won't even hire legal citizens anymore and if they do it doesn't pay anything at all, my husband has over 15 yrs experience and is lucky to find a job paying more than 9 dollars an hour. Anyone who says it is okay is obviously not being affected by it.
976393
here is a report on SEZ special economic zones \nthis ll give u a brief idea\nThe centre’s move has hit the Indore SEZ, the first operational SEZ in the country. The fear is that, in the absence of pragmatism on labour issues, companies in the SEZs will never be able to compete in the international markets. “The new SEZ law is unlikely to address this critical issue of labour flexibility,” says a Morgan Stanley report. “A restrictive labour law environment has been one of the major hurdles to the development of the Indian manufacturing sector.”\n\nIt is worth noting in this context that the Left parties are taking their cues not from their counterparts in China but from the trade unions in the West. The latter have their own agenda, principally the protection of the jobs of their constituents.\n\nIs there anything to be said for the other side ? the argument that India does not have a social security system and, thus, jobs have to be protected? There is some logic on the face of it. But the protection is being granted to a minor fraction of the population ? the organised sector workforce. In welfare societies, it applies to the entire population.\n\nSo is the SEZ bill going to lead to a huge jump in foreign direct investment, exports and growth? Not in the short term. Though trade unions have been somewhat defanged these days, they can still act as roadblocks. “We are getting to where we want to go,” says an economist. “But at the Hindu rate of growth. That, thankfully, is no longer 4 per cent, but half of what we can easily achieve.”
321520
oh yeah. I loathe and detest our prime minister. how such a man could have remained in office for as long as he has astounds me. He routinely lies to the voting public and is caught out time and time again. And as for his sense of tolerance and compassion, well I guess Johnny was absent the day that was distributed. But do people care? It would seem not. Hang your heads in shame Howard voters.
664271
Yeah, I read that on Fox News this morning.  I think it would be a tremendous deterrent to illegals trying to enter our country.  I hope the employers who lure the illegal workers will be targeted.  separately, of course.
333926
Unless you have something in writing stating that your hours won't change, it's perfectly legal.  If it was something drastic (like going from working days to being forced to work nights) you might have a little more pull to state that the job parameters changed considerably and became undoable.  But for goodness sake man - it's an hour.