Bargaining for skills: strengthening coordination of immigration, training and industrial relations in the vocational trades

This report examines the extent to which industrial relations, training and immigration policies are meeting workforce needs in the vocational trades. The report is based on a three-year Australian Research Council-funded project including an analysis of academic studies, statistical data and interviews with 60 industry stakeholders. The findings are developed from a detailed analysis of two industries reliant on vocational trades skills: hospitality and construction. The report finds that current industrial relations, training and immigration policy arrangements need reform. The... Show more

Authors: Wright, Chris F.

Published: Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney Employment Relations Research Group, 2022

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 43 p.

Access item: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/08/31/trades-need-reform-to-immigration--training--industrial-relation.html

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