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John Lloyd
Insecure Work
An occasional paper on Insecure Work
Insecure employment - code for more regulation of the workplace
"An ACTU campaign to restrict access to non-permanent employment is divorced from labour market and economic reality. The campaign would have dire consequences and must be resisted" said John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity Unit at...
Work Choices
An occasional paper on Work Choices.
Workplace relations reform - time for a rational debate
"Today almost every workplace relations reform proposed by employers, their representative associations and the Coalition is labelled by the unions and the ALP as a return to Work Choices. Most of this labelling is wrong," said John Lloyd,...
Law of the jungle to return to the building and construction industry
‘Workplace relations in the building and construction industry will return to the law of the jungle. The passage of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill through the Parliament today...
Union leaders trash rule of law
"The rule of law is fundamental to the effective functioning of the workplace relations system. Victorian nurses have today chosen to defy an injunction granted by the Federal Court of Australia. The silence of the ACTU and the Gillard Government...
The unsatisfactory implications of the Victorian nurses dispute
John Lloyd, Director of the IPA's Work Reform and Productivity Unit said today that the Victorian Government and the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association must not give in to the unlawful strike action of the Australian Nursing Federation. If...
Fair Work Act Review 2012
Submission to the Fair Work Act Review 2012
Fair work system failing on jobs
John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs has warned in the Australian Financial Review today that the failure of the current workplace relations system to deliver agreements that address...
Submission to the Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011
Submission to the Inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011