MIL-OSI New Zealand: Week That Was: Water, Wairarapa rail and women in sport!
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Our Week That Was series gives you a round-up of all the achievements, announcements, and other political goings-on around Parliament and across the country over the past week. We’re proud of all we’re doing to make New Zealand a great place to live – and we want to share it […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Making Ballarat Gov Hub A Reality And Boosting Jobs
Source: Premier of Victoria The Andrews Labor Government is getting on with making GovHub a reality in Ballarat, today announcing the appointment of Kane and Nicholson as the construction team for the $100 million project. Kane and Nicholson are both award-winning construction firms accredited to international standards. Kane has been in operation for 45 years […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Retailers buck trend of rising business confidence
Source: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Western Australian business confidence has reached its highest level in the September quarter since March 2013 – a five-year high. The latest WA Super–CCI Business Confidence Survey conducted by WA’s peak business body, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCI), is the only WA-specific index […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Potential impact of Article 12 of the proposed Digital Single Market directive on contractual freedom and negotiation positions – E-004912/2018
Source: European Parliament Contractual freedom is a key starting point for most contractual relationships. It is usually only limited in order to protect the weaker contractual party, such as an employee in the case of labour legislation or a tenant for legislation concerning residential leases. It is also widely recognised, including in the Commission’s proposal […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Protecting workers against cancer-causing chemicals: Statement by Commissioner Thyssen following the agreement between the EU institutions
Source: European Commission Today, the European Parliament and the Council came to an agreement on the Commission’s second proposal to broaden the list of recognised cancer-causing chemicals in the workplace. With this agreement, 8 additional cancer-causing chemicals will be covered by the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive, including diesel exhaust. Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: TANYA PLIBERSEK – SPEECH – MAKING WORKPLACES WORK FOR WOMEN – SYDNEY – THURSDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2018
Source: Australian Labor Party (ALP) THE HON TANYA PLIBERSEK MPDEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITIONSHADOW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAININGSHADOW MINISTER FOR WOMENMEMBER FOR SYDNEY 26TH ANNUAL KINGSLEY LAFFER MEMORIAL LECTURE “MAKING WORKPLACES WORK FOR WOMEN” SYDNEY THURSDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2018 ***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Good evening everyone. I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Briefing – Social protection in the EU: State of play, challenges and options – 11-10-2018
Source: European Parliament Social protection in the EU: State of play, challenges and options 11-10-2018 Globalisation, technological change, an aging population and changes to the world of work have made securing social protection for all, i.e. economic and social security, a major challenge. When social protection systems work well, they can have a stabilising effect […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Seminar on inclusive activation of people furthest from the labour market
Source: European Union Start date : 05/11/2018 End date : 06/11/2018 Where: Vienna, Austria Presidency of the Council of the EU, Employment and social rights, Events/Conf/Fairs Spreading knowledge and best practices, the European Social Network (ESN) is the biggest network for local public social services in Europe. On the agenda of this concluding seminar, participants […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Canada: Fall Legislative Sitting Builds on Momentum Created by Nova Scotians
Source: Government of Nova Scotia Government built on its solid fiscal plan and momentum created by Nova Scotians during the fall 2018 sitting of the 63rd General Assembly, which wrapped up today, Oct. 11. “We began this sitting with a speech from the throne that highlighted Nova Scotians and their success stories – successes that […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Business community must be heard on Brexit concerns – Ó Muilleoir
Source: Sinn Féin 11 October, 2018 – by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Sinn Féin MLA Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has called on the business community in the north to make their voices heard and raise their concerns about Brexit to the British government and their Brexiteer allies. The South Belfast MLA said:“There is no doubt that Brexit will […]
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