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Future of work requires a modern workplace relations system

  • Written by Tom Reid


Australia's Resources and Energy Group - AMMAGREATER efforts by Australia’s policy makers to modernise the nation’s workplace relations system is critical to supporting the future of work in the resources and energy industry, AMMA has told a Senate Inquiry into future work considerations.

AMMA’s submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Future of Work and Workers notes two broad trends are defining the future of work in resources and energy: the rapid development of new technologies, and increasing desires of many Australians for flexible, non-traditional work opportunities.

“The uptake of new technologies is creating a demographic shift in the skills and expertise required in the resources and energy industry,” explains AMMA director industry services, Tara Diamond.

“Remote Operating Centres, for example, are centralising operational and technical expertise in CBD hubs, with direct connectivity to remote mine sites where fewer personnel remain on the ground.

“Further, automation technologies are removing humans from the front line in the resources extraction process, resulting in enormous improvements in safety, productivity and efficiency.

“This trend requires government responses on many levels, including policies to support regional economies and communities through this transition, further government support towards innovation research and development, and training for the new skills and expertise required by Australian workers to operate and maintain such technologies.”

AMMA’s submission also details how the desires of new generations of Australian workers for flexible employment opportunities is similarly shaping the future of work.

“The resources and energy industry is very diverse and traditionally has involved many different modes of work, but technological advancements are seeing the industry even further able to modernise and meet the evolving needs of the modern day Australian,” Ms Diamond says.

“Flexibility is highly valued and sought after by workers of all ages. Individuals are demanding greater choice and flexibility in the world of work and it’s important that any policy response from government encourages and facilities this.”

AMMA further submitted to the Committee a strong case for urgent workplace relations reform, noting nothing had been done with the recommendations for change arising from the Productivity Commission’s comprehensive 2015 inquiry into Australia’s workplace system.

“It is absolutely critical that the Parliament considers how regulatory reform can better support the future of work and workers in Australia,” Ms Diamond said.

“The evidence is clear that Australia’s workplace system is overregulated, over-complex and better suited to the technologies, working patterns and societal demands of the 1970s than 2018 and beyond.

“We urge the Committee to re-examine the recommendations of the Productivity Commission for improving Australia’s workplace relations system.

“Our national policy makers need urgently to consider and address the rigidity and complexity of our workplace relations system, and seek to remove the significant red tape and regulatory burdens that are impacting on business growth and thus future employment opportunities.”

See AMMA’s submission for a list of our recommendations on improving Australia’s workplace relations system and better supporting the future of work.

400 GRADI TAKES A SLICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET

  • Written by Jane Stabler


Johnny Di Francesco, founder of 400 Gradi, today announced details of an international expansion plan for the restaurant group, which will result in a brand presence in five countries before the end of the year.

After successfully launching his first international venue in Bahrain late last year, the second Middle Eastern 400 Gradi will open in Kuwait in late March, marking the first stage of an extensive plan to roll out numerous restaurants across the region. To execute the ambitious expansion, 400 Gradi has partnered with multinational retail franchise operator M.H. Alshaya Co., responsible for franchising more than 75 of the world’s best-known retail brands including H&M, Victoria’s Secret, iHOP and Shake Shack.

Closer to home and slated for mid-year, the first Australian 400 Gradi outside of Melbourne will open in Adelaide before Johnny again heads across international waters with venues also scheduled to open in Auckland and the USA (Texas) before 2018 comes to a close. Throw into the mix the floating 400 Gradi operating on P&O’s Pacific Explorer, which also launched late last year, and the world is literally Johnny’s oyster (pizza).

The global expansion of 400 Gradi marks the next exciting chapter for the Melbourne-born restauranteur. The first Australian ever trained in Naples under the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (the association for authentic Neapolitan pizza), Johnny opened the first 400 Gradi in 2008, before putting the restaurant on the map in 2014 when he was awarded ‘world’s best pizza maker’ at the World Pizza Championships.

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