“In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive”
Welcome to the Maguire Consulting Blog. The quote above is from Dr Jordan Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto. It perfectly incapsulates the unfashionable, but enlightened view that truth emerges from the contest of ideas, often contentious and sometimes offensive.
The world of business and employee relations is fertile ground for debate and opinions. The aim of this blog is to critically analyse the issues that impact upon Australian businesses in areas of greatest importance to their success. Issues such as public policy, productivity, innovation, competition policy, small business support, employment regulation, workplace health and safety, workplace rights laws, and superannuation.
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One could be excused for thinking that the Fair Work Commission has interpreted it’s statutory obligation to conduct a 4-yearly review of modern awards quite literally. The review formally commenced in December 2013. If the timetable recently published is any guide, it won’t conclude…
Undoubtedly the most important tasks for the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption over the next few months are, exposing the massive failure of governance of Australian trade unions that has allowed endemic corruption to flourish unimpeded and secondly, recommending radical…
Reading the Interim Report into Trade Union Governance and Corruption’s account of the formation of the AWU Workplace Reform Association and the gross misuse of the funds it accumulated in the early 1990’s, one might be excused for raising an eyebrow at the rather forgiving attitude…
Another year and another Annual Wage Review decision lifting Australian minimum wages. Is this yearly ritual of claim, counter claim and pseudo economic analysis really contributing to the economic welfare of Australians or is there a better way to provide a fair and just safety net of minimum…