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Why unions and small business want industry bargaining from the jobs summit – and big business doesn't

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

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Push to fast track childcare subsidies

The federal government is being urged to take action to remove barriers to women's employment to unlock more than $110 billion in economic output.

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Increasing paid parental leave to 52 weeks would give billion-dollar boost to economy, unions say

In the lead-up to Labor’s jobs and skills summit, unions have also called for payments to match actual wages and the inclusion of superannuation

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Business cuts to on-the-job training have made Australia increasingly reliant on migrants, experts say

Academic says companies ‘squealing’ to government about worker skill shortage are contributing to it

The Guardian - AU

Labor may accelerate industrial relations reforms to ‘get wages moving’, Anthony Albanese says

Prime minister tells National Press Club government could ‘potentially take further action’ if no consensus reached at jobs and skills summit

The Guardian - AU

'Historic' deal to modernise workplaces

The peak body for unions and the small business lobby have agreed to work together to reform workplace relations, supporting changes to fair work laws.

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Summits old and new: what was Bob Hawke's 1983 National Economic Summit about?

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

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Alan Kohler: Business is on a hiding to nothing at the jobs summit

Australia’s businesses and their leaders will show up at this week’s Jobs and Skills Summit with one thing in mind – give us more workers.

The New Daily

Wages growth jumps for new hires, Seek figures on advertised wages show

Wages growth jumps for new hires, but research shows under-35s are bearing the brunt of a falling share of income going to workers.

ABC News

Australia’s jobs and skills summit: who’s going and what’s on the agenda?

Labor hopes together business, unions and the community sector will be able to find ways to lift wages, spur productivity and ease skills shortages

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Albanese seeks 'new culture of co-operation' out of summit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the biggest outcome he wants from this week’s jobs and skills summit “is the beginning of a new culture of co-operation”.

The Conversation

Business and unions on common ground before summit, but Canberra clash looms

The jobs summit brings together unions, business and government, with a focus on industrial relations reform, skills and training reform, and migration.

The New Daily

Unions and businesses unite on TAFE and training ahead of Jobs and Skills Summit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "energised" by unions and business groups uniting to tackle problems in the training sector, despite them being at loggerheads about whether multi-employer bargaining should return.

ABC News

Australia to probe 'broken' industrial relations at jobs summit

Australia's new government will consider reforms to the country's "broken" industrial bargaining system at a jobs summit this week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday.

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The Guardian - AU

Unions and business agree on need for higher wages as jobs summit looms

ACTU and business council want to revive ‘key principles’ of enterprise bargaining deal that was dumped in 2020 after industry backlash

The Guardian - AU

Virginia Bell to lead inquiry into former PM’s ministries – as it happened

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Long COVID worsening labour shortages

Thousands of workers are unable to work each day due to long COVID, making Australia's labour shortage problem worse.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?

The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging beast to manage, economically and politically.

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Employment Minister Tony Burke 'really interested' in multi-employer bargaining proposal as jobs summit looms

Employment Minister Tony Burke has expressed strong interest in a proposal put forward by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for multi-employer bargaining, saying he wants to see the idea "fleshed out".

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Sally McManus says union demands at job summit will centre on collective bargaining

Workers and their union representatives would be allowed to negotiate deals on pay and conditions with multiple employers at once and sometimes across entire sectors, under proposals the trade union movement will take to the Albanese government's upcoming jobs summit.

The Guardian - AU

Jobs summit must endorse sector-wide pay claims to lift wages, unions say

Sally McManus says industry-level bargaining across workplaces essential to address Australia’s wages crisis

AAP

Rethink bargaining for wage growth: unions

Access to collective bargaining arrangements would help lift wages in sectors like disability and child care, the peak union body says.

ABC News

Sally McManus says labour's share of GDP is the lowest it's been since 1960. Is that correct?

ACTU secretary Sally McManus says worker's share of wealth is the lowest it's ever been, pointing to the labour's share of income statistics as evidence. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Albanese outlines 'jobs of the future'

Training and education need a revamp to better reflect the modern workforce, the prime minister says.

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Australia's permanent migration intake is about to climb, but there's more to it than just numbers

There are plenty of ideas on the table for next month's Jobs Summit, but there is one outcome that seems all but locked in.

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