The Fair Work Commission today handed down a major decision dealing with a raft of union claims seeking highly problematic restrictions on the use of casual and part-time employment. Ai Group played the lead role on behalf of employers in…
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The disastrously high prices facing electricity and gas users across Eastern Australia are inspiring a lot of activity. Energy users and businesses using gas directly in production are looking for ways to cut their own costs, and a range of…
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Recent publicity directed at employers who access the provisions of the Fair Work Act to terminate expired enterprise agreements has focused on exaggerated and one-sided union claims about a “broken” system. It overlooks the important balance this mechanism creates within…
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The US Government has introduced rules that will change the way all Australian Exporters send airfreight to the US. The rules will come into force on July 1 and will not be delayed and cannot be avoided. Currently, most of…
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As the world moves into the fourth industrial revolution, which is characterised by a fusion of technologies, the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres are being blurred. Compared with previous industrial revolutions, this one is evolving at an…
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Ai Group is modelling its recent calls to integrate trades skills into higher level qualifications by managing a pilot program that shakes up the current apprenticeship model. Under the pilot with Siemens and Swinburne University, higher-level technical skills in engineering,…
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Digital technology has revolutionised modern trade and the products and services that we are able to sell to the world. Blockchain Technology, Industrial Internet of Things (IOT) and electronic communication are all essential elements of a globally competitive industry. A…
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International competitiveness is hard to quantify. It means more than simply being cheapest or even having the best product. It requires companies to be customer focused, innovative, and agile. It means that companies should have access to infrastructure and information…
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The fourth industrial revolution is seeing a fundamental transformation of the way businesses operate. One of the technologies driving that evolution is the Internet of Things (IoT). As more businesses invest in these technologies to remain competitive, cyber threats are…
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Australian manufacturing has staged a small but extremely welcome comeback in 2016, after suffering a sustained period of shrinkage since our most recent peak in 2008. This partial recovery has been evident across a number of key industry-wide metrics: Ai…
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