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Significant Workplace Relations Issues
Leadership & Growth
Significant Workplace Relations Issues - May 2019
Ai Group's Head of Workplace Relations Policy, Stephen Smith, discusses the most recent issues in Australian workplace legislation and policy, including penalty rates, labour hire, penalties for breaching workplace laws, ABCC and the Annual Wage Review.
The (Neuro)science of Leadership
When it comes to leading, influencing, engaging and motivating others, what's happening in the brain makes all the difference. Ai Group's Grant Cleary speaks with Vannessa McCamley, Principal Consultant and founder of Link Success, about the neuroscience of leadership, covering everything from emotional intelligence and resilience, empathy and learning from failure, to Usain Bolt and Terri Irwin.
Significant Workplace Relations Issues - March 2018
Ai Group's Head of Workplace Relations Policy, Stephen Smith, discusses the most recent issues in Australian workplace legislation and policy, including wage theft and the living wage.
2019 Business Prospects Survey
Ai Group Chief Executive, Innes Willox, spoke with Peter Ryan on the ABC's AM program following the release of Ai Group's 2019 Business Prospects, which found that Australian CEOs anticipate a softening of the economy.
Implications of the Assistance and Access Bill
The Assistance and Access Bill was passed by both Houses of Parliament in December 2018. What are the implications of this legislation? We asked Patrick Fair, Partner at Baker Mackenzie and legal expert in IT technology, and Charles Hoang, Ai Group's own technology policy lead, what this Bill means for industry.
Significant Workplace Relations Issues - November 2018
Ai Group's Head of Workplace Relations Policy, Stephen Smith, discusses the most recent issues in Australian workplace legislation and policy, including an update to the Workpac casual cases.
Working Together - the Facts
Stephen Smith, Head Workplace Relations Policy at Ai Group dispels some of the myths around Casualisation of the workforce.
Stephen Smith, Head Workplace Relations Policy, Ai Group discusses the difference between sham contractors and independent contractors with Tony Melville, Head of Communications.
Stephen Smith, Head National Workplace Relations Policy, Ai Group discusses the ins and outs of part-time work with Tony Melville, Head of Communications.
Wage Growth and the Australian Economy - Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox discusses recent developments with Ross Greenwood on 2GB
The ACTU has been running a campaign in recent months arguing amongst other things that the Fair Work Act needs a radical overhaul to restore workers' rights. Stephen Smith, Head Workplace Relations Policy at Ai Group, sets the record straight on a series of such union claims.
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Ai Group's Head – Defence & Industry Policy, Kate Louis, joins Phil Tarrant on the Defence Connect Podcast to discuss the Australian Industry Group Defence Council.
Ai Group's Head of Communications, Tony Melville, is brought up to speed on best practice for your Christmas Party by Workplace Relations specialist Nicola Street.
Ai Group CEO, Innes Willox, spoke to John Stanley and Garry Linnell on 2UE about the failures of our apprenticeship system and how it should be reformed.
Ai Group's Head of Communications, Tony Melville, spoke to Linda Geddes, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Control, about the proposed changes to Australia's 457 Skilled Visa Program.
Ai Group's National Director of Manufacturing, Mark Goodsell, spoke to ABC Radio Sydney's Richard Glover regarding the health of the manufacturing industry in Australia. Was QLD Senator Bob Katter correct when he said nothing is made in Australia anymore?
Julie Toth, Chief Economist at Ai Group, discusses the US economy with Dr Chris Waller, Executive Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Discover the inside track on the direction of the US economy for 2017 and how it will impact Australian businesses with trade or investment interests in the USA.
Chris Rodwell, Senior Trade Commissioner to Mexico, speaks to Ai Group's Tony Melville about the challenges and opportunities of trading with a country on the doorstep of the US. Chris will debunk some of the myths of operating in Mexico and offer his expert advice on how to approach this large and diverse market – and tap in to its enormous potential.