FPA Australia broadly supports the recommendations made in the BMF's Shergold-Weir report into compliance and enforcement systems, with one important caveat.
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Following release of the Shergold-Weir report in May into Australia’s compliance and enforcement systems for the building and construction industry, FPA Australia is calling on the BMF to establish a new taskforce to develop a national administrative code to harmonise building legislation.
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While the latest participation pate decreased in the last quarter to 65.5%, trend employment increased with trend unemployment levels remaining the same.
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SafeWork NSW has released a new safety alert on the fire hazards of containment netting, following a fire at a construction site in Sydney on 31 May when containment netting attached to scaffolding ignited.
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A new issues paper into the matter of security of payment laws provides an appropriate introduction into the final report concerning the review of these laws in Australia released on 21 May 2018.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest release of industrial disputation data shows a significant decrease across a number of indicators in industrial disputation in the last quarter.
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Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia) wishes to congratulate the 29 recipients of the Australian Fire Service Medal, listed below, who were presented with the award as part of the Queen’s Birthday 2018 Honours List.
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On Friday 1 June 2018, the Expert Panel of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) issued its Annual Wage Review decision (2017-18) by increasing the Modern Award minimum wage rate by 3.5% and to apply from the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2018. This increase follows the 3.3% increase in 2017.
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A recent decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia demonstrates the importance and subsequent costs to all parties where employee records are not kept and/or maintained, and where respective legal obligations and compliances are not met.
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The latest employment level data from the ABS show another record high of 65.7%, a continuation of the figure from the previous quarter).
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