... by the Industrial Relations Act 1991, which introduced greater scope for enterprise bargaining whereby an employee can negotiate with their employer on training opportunities, pay, & work conditions. Positive work culture leading to higher productivity may enable the business to grow & support the employees" needs by introducing such schemes such as child minding services & breast -feeding facilities. Although this does ... an extra cost to the employer, it can also mean that well-trained staff members are able to return to the workforce sooner. Yet on the other hand, if workplace cultur...

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... r29 27 23 19 Median duration of unemployment - females weeks 14 21 25 24 21 18 18 20 18 13 13 Retrenchment rate % 6.5 6.4 n.a. 5.4 n.a. 4.6 n.a. 4.4 n.a. 4.0 n.a. Male retrenchment rate % 7.3 7.4 n.a. 6.3 n.a. 5.4 n.a. 4.9 n.a. 4.6 n.a. Female retrenchment rate % 5.3 5.1 n.a. 4.3 n.a. 3.5 n.a. 3.8 n.a. 3.2 n.a. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2003). Available from: [Accessed April 2003] A critical issue for employers is getting women in leadership roles, but believe the biggest obstacle is the lack of women to ... and Physical Sciences - 44%; Architecture and Building - 40%; a...

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