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WorkChoices is valid - now we can get back to work : Comments
By Mirko Bagaric, published 16/11/2006Labor and the unions overcooked their attacks on the laws.
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Since 1992 the traditional avenues of training for apprentices and newly minted graduates has been closed as government departments and large organisations trimmed their staff to contain costs. This is the real source of the skills shortage in Australia - as large employers no longer see it as their responsibility to provide young people with technical or skilled work experience opportunities. The growth in employment in this country has been in micro businesses that barely make a return for their owner and definitely do not have enough revenue / turnover to take on an apprentice / graduate trainee unless its a family member.
Work choices will lead to a lower fertility rate in Australia as women decide they can't afford to start a family with the erosion of stable employment opportunities.
Many unskilled jobs demand the worker have an ABN - so you wonder who pays the income tax, public liability insurance as well as superannuation and sick leave etc. A new employee asking these questions will be branded a trouble maker and not get any rosters.