And wouldn't that be a great system, That kind of thinking is one minded. The ones that can't keep up, don't get a job. Australians near and far will not congratulate you for your bloody mindedness.

And that attitude 579, is precisely why Oz can no longer run abattoirs, or many other industries.

The lefty attitude that the competent must pay the full freight of all the incompetent, who can not do the job, plus all those who just won't do the job.

You just might be surprised to find how many Ozzies are sick of carrying the bludgers on their backs.

Why did butch go home after three hours, i am sure there is something else he could have done. The boss employs you for 8 hours so why leave.
Isn't that the attitude that causes trouble in the workplace.
You can't expect to get payd for 8 hours if you only stay for 3 hours.
Hazbeen your ramblings, are not in the employers or workers favor.
Export Abattoirs re subject to US approval, and they make compliance extremely hard to comply. Live export does not help at all.

Pre UFD laws, strong, productive workers were prioritized over poor workers and bludgers.

I can remember a day when a boss could say yes to a great worker, while sacking a poor worker to make room.

Now although I am no fan of UFD laws, I do recognize that we can't live in a dog eat dog world, even if it is unfair to employers, who by the way, simply want the same rights as employees have, they being, the right to pick and choose.

So, along came labor and as they tightened UFD laws, productivity took a dive, and why wouldn't it, if the top workers get paid the same as the bludgers, and believe me, there are plenty of them out there.

Labor spends all this time and money, trying to figure out why our productivity is in decline, yet the answer is staring them in the face, however, just like my mate 579, they simply choose to ignore it.

Well I say, ignore it at your peril, because as most here say, good workers are getting sick of carrying the load for

Now all I am saying, is a fair days work deserves a fair days pay, and what is wrong with that.

Employers still have the right to hire anyone they like as far as i know. A fair day work for a fair days pay. So what is the matter with that. Eight hours of time per day to the employer is normal.
Butch not long ago wanted to pay his employees a different rate for sweeping the floor. That sort of manipulating is not on. If you are employed for a set rate, that is what you get for eight hours.
Don't most employers have job descriptions these days. The ones that do at least know what their employer expects of them.

579,

At the start of my career my company was employed to do a time and motion study in a factory.
The factory owner asked me to first work in that factory for a month and observe fellow workers productivity at their various work stations, which I did.

He then sent in my colleague to do an open study, and the employees were informed this was his intention, and were asked to co-operate. In almost every instance work imperceptibly slowed whilst he was observing them, and productivity dropped accordingly.

The previous co-operation between the workers stopped.

I was never able to ascertain what the owner did to improve productivity once more, but I did hear he had implemented a 'piece work' scheme.

Yoou asked why the butcher did not stay and help someone else after he'd finished his work. The answer to that is that he would have fallen foul of the union who appear to be adamant a worker does only the work he is employed to do. To help a mate with their work is just not on if it's outside of his job description.