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Discussion paper on National Employment Standards

The Australian Government has released an exposure draft of its proposed ten National Employment Standards (NES), together with a discussion paper calling for public feedback on 14 February 2008.

The NES will cover the key minimum entitlements for all Australian employees, to apply from 1 January 2010.  These entitlements will be guaranteed in legislation so that they cannot be excluded or modified in a way that undermines the safety net.

The  Government is inviting employers, employees and the community to provide feedback on the proposed NES. 

The Government welcomes responses to the issues raised in the discussion paper by 4 April 2008. 

Submissions can be provided electronically to the following email address:
NES_comment@deewr.gov.au.

While electronic submissions are preferred, submissions may also be mailed to:

 NES Exposure Draft submission
 GC 31
 Workplace Relations Policy Group
 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
 GPO Box 9879
 CANBERRA ACT 2601

Unless marked “confidential”, submissions will be treated as public and posted on the website as soon as practicable.

Submissions received as of 10 April 2008
  1. Mr David Rawlings, NSW (PDF 9Kb)
  2. Confidential
  3. Confidential
  4. Mr Andrew J See, QLD (PDF 100Kb)
  5. Confidential
  6. Nigel Edwards, ACT (PDF 51Kb)
  7. Australian Union of Students, QLD (PDF 57Kb)
  8. Confidential
  9. Confidential
  10. Mr David Crellin, VIC (PDF 12Kb)
  11. Australian Spatial Information Business Association, ACT (PDF 135Kb)
  12. Australian Construction Industry Redundancy Trust, NSW (PDF 2.2Mb)
  13. Women’s Electoral Lobby and the National Pay Equity Coalition, VIC (PDF 50Kb)
  14. Mr Faisal Yousaf (PDF 18Kb)
  15. CoINVEST Limited, VIC (PDF 29Kb)
  16. Confidential
  17. Australian Human Resources Institute, VIC (PDF 63Kb)
  18. BHP Billiton Ltd (PDF 100Kb)
  19. Confidential
  20. Bevis England (PDF 10Kb)
  21. CFMEU Mining & Energy Division, NSW (PDF 82Kb)
  22. Building Services Contractors Association of Australia, VIC (PDF 13Kb)
  23. QLD Council of Unions, QLD (PDF 480Kb)
  24. Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (PDF 122Kb)
  25. TasBuild, TAS (PDF 149KB)
  26. Master Plumbers' & Mechanical Services Association of Australia, VIC (PDF 490KB)
  27. Confidential
  28. New South Wales Minerals Council, NSW (PDF 136KB)
  29. Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (PDF 122KB)
  30. Dr Michael Lyons & Ms Meg Smith, School of Management, University of Western Sydney, NSW (PDF 45KB)
  31. Catholic Education Commission of Victorian Limited (PDF 231KB)
  32. Dr Kathy Edwards, University of Sydney, NSW (PDF 145KB)
  33. Confidential
  34. Clayton Utz, VIC (PDF 24KB)
  35. Master Builders Australia, ACT (PDF 344KB)
  36. Australian Sugar Milling Council, QLD (PDF 66KB)
  37. First IR Consultancy Pty Ltd (PDF 65KB)
  38. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PDF 2.4MB)
  39. Queensland Resources Council, QLD (PDF 158KB)
  40. Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers, Australia, VIC (PDF 136KB)
  41. Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation, VIC (PDF 54KB)
  42. Godfrey Hirst Australia Pty Ltd, VIC (PDF 91KB)
  43. Australian Mines and Metals Association, VIC (PDF 107KB)
  44. Bus Industry Confederation of Australia (PDF 221KB)
  45. Rio Tinto (PDF 90KB)
  46. Furnishing Industry Association of Australia, VIC/TAS (PDF 92KB)
  47. Timber Merchants Association, VIC (PDF 86KB)
  48. WorkSight, VIC (PDF 36KB)
  49. National Electrical and Communications Association (PDF 88KB)
  50. Confidential
  51. Melbourne Church of Christ, VIC (PDF 68KB)
  52. Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (PDF 162KB)
  53. Diversity Dimensions Pty Ltd, NSW (PDF 29KB)
  54. Dredging Industry Industrial Secretariat, NSW (PDF 139KB)
  55. Australian Motor Trades Industrial Council (PDF 246KB)
  56. Mr Peter Egan, NSW (PDF 42KB)
  57. Independent Education Union of Australia, VIC (PDF 129KB)
  58. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (PDF 213KB)
  59. Australian Breastfeeding Association, VIC (PDF 292KB)
  60. Australian Education Union, VIC (PDF 85KB)
  61. Australian Services Union, VIC (PDF 37KB)
  62. Workplace and Corporate Law Research Group, Monash University, VIC (PDF 130KB)
  63. Country Children's Services Association of NSW (PDF 333KB)
  64. Association of Independent Schools (AISNT, AISWA, AISV, AISSA, ISQ, AISNSW, AISACT, AIST) (PDF 204KB)
  65. Law Society of NSW (PDF 82KB)
  66. Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union- Forestry and Furnishing Products Division (PDF 66KB)
  67. Confidential
  68. Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, VIC (PDF 653KB)
  69. National Working Women's Centres (PDF 173KB)
  70. Law Council Industrial Law Committee (PDF 51KB)
  71. Confidential
  72. Confidential
  73. Housing Industry Australia (PDF 77KB)
  74. Electrical and Communications Association, QLD (PDF 1.27MB)
  75. Womens Lawyers' Association of NSW (PDF 91KB)
  76. NSW Young Lawyers (PDF 687KB)
  77. Queensland Catholic Education Commission (PDF 87KB)
  78. MS Australia, VIC (PDF 92KB) 
  79. Confidential
  80. Confidential
  81. Confidential
  82. Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (PDF 1.3MB)
  83. Confidential
  84. South Australian Wine Industry Association Inc (PDF 208KB)
  85. Professor Andrew Stewart, SA (PDF 85KB)
  86. Business SA (PDF 26KB)
  87. Australian Meat Industry Council (PDF 420KB)
  88. National Farmers Federation (PDF 144KB)
  89. Mr Geoff Hogbin, NSW (PDF 33KB)
  90. Confidential
  91. Employer Services Pty Ltd (PDF 42KB)
  92. Australian Retailers Association, VIC (PDF 325KB)
  93. Local Government Association of Queensland (PDF 281KB)
  94. National Disability Services (PDF 37KB)
  95. JobWatch Inc, VIC (PDF 1.4MB)
  96. Australian Maritime Workers Union (PDF 323KB)
  97. Confidential
  98. Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (PDF 381KB)
  99. Women in Social and Economic Research, Curtin University of Technology, WA (PDF 102KB)
  100. The Association for Payroll Specialists, NSW (PDF 115KB)
  101. Community and Public Sector Union, State Public Services Federation Group (PDF 108KB)
  102. Confidential
  103. News Limited (PDF 48KB)
  104. Australian Nursing Federation, VIC (PDF 252KB)
  105. Australian Business Industrial (PDF 399KB)
  106. QLD Nurses Union (PDF 22KB)
  107. Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (PDF 67KB)
  108. Dr Larissa Bamberry, Dr Iain Campbell & Dr Sara Charlesworth, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University, VIC (PDF 315KB)
  109. Dr Sara Charlesworth, RMIT, Assoc/Prof Marian Baird, University of Sydney & Assoc/Prof Gillian Whitehouse, University of Queensland (PDF 55KB)
  110. Confidential
  111. Dr Brigid van Wanrooy & Dr John Buchanan, Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney and Dr Iain Campbell, RMIT (PDF 61KB)
  112. Confidential
  113. Confidential
  114. Electrical Trades Union Southern States Branch (PDF 100KB)
  115. Unions NSW (PDF 373KB)
  116. Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australasia (PDF 82KB)
  117. Confidential
  118. Professor Barbara Pocock & Dr Jude Elton, Centre for Work + Life, University of SA (PDF 407KB)
  119. Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne, VIC (PDF 118KB)
  120. Australian Public Service Commission (PDF 32KB)
  121. Confidential
  122. Professor David Peetz, QLD (PDF 100KB)
  123. Australian Industry Group (PDF 374KB)
  124. Confidential
  125. Australian Federation of Employers and Industry (PDF 414KB)
  126. Australian Council of Trade Unions (PDF 601KB)
  127. Victorian Government (PDF 116KB)
  128. Confidential
  129. South Australian Chinese Adoption Support Inc (PDF 20KB)