rosy23 said:
No worries mopsy. Thanks for that.
i`ve just checked it out actually rosy and full time employment has risen under work choices.
i got this off the australian chamber of commerce and industry site.
wages have also risen.
EMPLOYMENT
"Since WorkChoices started, employment has grown by
417,000, a growth rate of 2.8 per cent per annum. This is
well above the 10 year average of 2.1 per cent and the 20
year average is 1.9 per cent.Of particular importance, most of the employment
growth has been in full time employment, which has
increased by 352,300 - a growth rate of 3.3 per cent per
annum.
Full time employment growth represents 84 per cent
of total employment growth. The relaxation of unfair
dismissal rules may be one of the reasons for this
growth. Under the old system, employers would put on
staff as part time or casual if they thought they may not
be suitable in the long term. The relaxation of unfair
dismissal rules under WorkChoices has made it easier for
people to be put on as full time workers.The employment of women has increased by 187,800 - a
growth rate of 2.8 per cent per annum.
Other important improvements have occurred since
WorkChoices started including:
• the number of people unemployed has fallen by
45,900;
• the labour force has grown by 372,000 which is a
growth rate of 2.3 per cent per annum;
• the unemployment rate has fallen by 0.6 percentage
points (pp);
• the participation rate has increased by 0.7 pp. The
participation rate of females has increased by 1.0 pp;
and
• the employment to population ratio has increased by
1.1 pp.
Note that this employment growth has occurred when
other macroeconomic variables would normally be
indicating slower employment growth – particularly higher
interest rates, slower house price growth and the drought.
It is often argued that this strong employment
performance is due to the mining boom. However, the
data shows that employment growth is more broadly
based than just the mining sector. The ranking of
employment growth by industry is in Figure 4.
Note that mining was ranked eleventh by growth numbers,
even though it had the highest growth rate. Only 5 per
cent of total employment growth was in mining and 9 per
cent was in construction (which could be mining related).
Employment by state shows a similar story, as shown in
Figure 5.
While employment growth was strong in the mining states
of WA, NT and Queensland, almost half of the total
employment growth was in the non-mining states of New
South Wales and Victoria.
WAGES
Probably the main argument used against WorkChoices was
that it would drive down the wages of workers. However,
the data does not support this conclusion.
Wage Price Index
The best measure of wages growth is the Wage Price
Index (WPI). The WPI (excluding bonuses) has grown by
3.8 per cent (annualised) since WorkChoices, which is above
the 5 year average of 3.7 per cent per year and the 10 year
average of 3.4 per cent. The growth by industry is shown
in Figure 6.
In almost all industries, the WPI has grown more quickly
in the post-WorkChoices period.
This strongly suggests that the high level of regulation
before WorkChoices was constraining employment, and
the relaxation of regulation under WorkChoices allowed
employment to increase in these industries."
so under work choices employment has risen,full time employment has risen,women`s employment has risen and wages have increased.
and labor are going to abolish it if they get in.
labor and their union backers are going to destroy all this.
