The exploitation of working people in the Bowen Basin and Queensland’s labour hire industry will be the focus of a Parliamentary hearing in Mackay today. The hearings of the Finance and...
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WorkCover Queensland share how workers’ compensation claims are determined. When it comes to workers’ compensation insurance in Queensland, some employers and workers might wonder how we make...
The last few years have seen numerous studies pointing to a bleak future with technology-induced unemployment on the rise. For example, a pivotal 2013 study by researchers at the University of Oxford...
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has commenced the process of renegotiating the BMA Enterprise Agreement 2012 that covers over 2000 employees at five of its Bowen Basin mines. The Agreement...
A Hays Quarterly Report has been released this week, showing employment trends in the mining sector from April – June, 2015. The report has shown subdued hiring activity in the mining sector...
[hr]An unintended consequence of the recent boom in fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workforces attached to remote and regional mining and construction sites is confusion over the level of workers’...
Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls has agreed to a request from power companies Ergon, Energex and Powerlink to include a “no forced redundancies” clause in their offer to workers during current...
Recruitment firm, Hays, has just released their quarterly report on job hot spots in mining. Following are the report highlights, state by state. NEW SOUTH WALES Mechanical Fitters – The need to make...
Adani’s Carmichael coal project is now taking expressions of interest from people wanting to work on construction of the new mine, earmarked for 160km north west of Clermont. According to The...
Queensland mine owners are reducing the number of FIFO workers on the payroll and are instead focusing on job candidates prepared to relocate to rural and remote locations, according the latest Hays...
