Isn’t the risk here for Labor that the introduction of the new IR laws will coincide with rising unemployment next year?

Maybe, but nowhere near as much of a risk as they will be for the unemployed, the soon-to-be-unemployed, and now the even-sooner-to-be umemployed

Yeah I don’t like the sound of them SWABs.

“Motivated Staff – Top results are achieved by offering bonuses.”
(((Hey it worked for Enron and AIG.)))

Also, Blackbeard, Dick Turpin, and Captain Midnight. If only they and the directors of Enron could swap gruesome ends.

“Extensive monitoring systems which include rigorous checks and corrective actions.”
– Oi! I just had a look in this. It’s fucking filthy! Clean it up!

Rigourous Checks – Comprehensive inspections are performed in consultation with our clients QA department.
- Geoff’s just had a look in it and reckons it’s still a bit grubby.

Corrective Actions – Cleaners that received bad SWABs are counselled and a strategy is implemented to prevent it from happening again.
- Clean it right this time or I’ll sack you.

Additional Checks and Reports – KPI’s are tracked extensively to make sure our team are performing with excellence.
- I just had another look in it. Yep, that’ll do for now. We can’t afford the overtime.

Working in partnership with our client.
- Give us money and we’ll clean up your crap.

Quality Assurance – Daily liaison with our clients QA officers and regular meetings regarding audits.
- Fucking fix it up pronto ‘cos we’ve heard a whisper the OH&S buggers are working this area this month.

OH&S – Working closely with our clients OH&S Manager and committee to develop standards prior to commencement of operations, provide ongoing feedback as soon as issues arise and regular meetings to suggest improvements.
- I told you someone was gonna lose a finger if you didn’t fix that safety guard.

Operational Management – Daily liaison with our Site Manager.
- Shit mate, how soon can you get here? And bring whoever you can. We’ve gotta check a whole bloody batch for a missing finger.

Maintenance – Daily liaison on issues such as dismantling prior to cleaning and reassembly after cleaning.
– Yeah, you’re right, it’s probably caught in the shredder. Shit we’ve only got two days to pull it apart, find the fucking thing and stick it together before those OH&S cunts turn up.

Financial Administration – Weekly liaison regarding invoices; and contact as required for any other payments, procedures and reporting.
- OK, we think it’s sorted. But sling us an extra grand to pay off the poor bugger that lost his finger. And there’s no need to report this is there?

“High SWAB Standards – Bird Group sets its minimum SWAB levels above client requirements.”
(((SWAB is not a food processing industry term that I’m familiar with and I’m on nodding terms with a lot of the sector’s jargon. Actually spelling out what the SWAB acronym means wouldn’t hurt in attracting new customers who might otherwise be inclined to just google it and come up with hits that are not all food processing industry-friendly.)))

“Motivated Staff – Top results are achieved by offering bonuses.”
(((Hey it worked for Enron and AIG.)))

A company involved in food plant hygiene that keeps quoting buzzwords like “very high performance standards” without anywhere at least showing it’s aware of the existence of ISO standards, especially the 9001-3 series, let alone certified to such standards basically strikes me as a company that well…substitutes buzzwords for actual certification.

Who are your clients Bry? And are they manufacturing foodstuffs I’m likely to purchase from a 7-11 and consume while pissed at 4am?

But won’t the client be saving heaps if you’re no longer billing him? Unless of course you keep charging the client even though you’ve closed the project down because of an award you’re not required to pay.

You’re right, it’s a mind field out there.

Yes, what can you do? My advice. “Go Galt” for food.

Taxeaters!

Taking us to the cleaners!!!1!

That would seem to me to indicate that the information could only be accessed and used for very specific purposes, Chris.

In theory perhaps, in practice they’re not really going to “forget” the information they gain when it comes to future negotiations are they?

By the time Reith had finished with the department, there were precisely 5 inspectors for the whole country.

A shortage of inspectors may well be a problem. But giving private organisations special powers to enforce industrial law is akin to giving private security companies police powers because the government doesn’t want to spend more on police staffing.

And if cost is a really significant issue, then it could be partially funded by getting the party who is in the wrong to pay fines to the government.