The changes announcement by the federal government today, introducing a 21 day limit on the lodging of an unfair dismissal claim, while welcome are not enough. They do not take us closer to a more productive and economically balanced cost of labour.
We need to find a balance between what we have and the old Workchoices. We also need an employment structure that makes Australia and its businesses more competitive.
On the 21 day limit, this would have stopped one person I know of from lodging a claim three months after leaving employment of their own free will.