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Unions, employers say award modernisation timeline too tight

Employers and unions yesterday cast doubt on the feasibility of the Rudd Government’s December 2009 deadline for modernising awards, as they appeared before a Senate inquiry into the transitional IR legislation. Meanwhile, the National Farmers Federation raised its concerns about the proposed award modernisation request requiring the AIRC rather than the parties to draft the modern awards, and will push its point further at the next NWRCC meeting in Melbourne next week.