IR Reforms and Job Security

I read an article the other day in the Herald Sun entitled “Insuring against a job loss.” Now, I don’t usually read this type of of trashy, tabloid publication but it’s a no-brainer while you’re on holidays and want to catch up with the latest sports scores, but that’s a whole other story–but this article sparked my interest. It noted an interesting fact that in Australia job turnover is far higher than the net rate of job creation or loss. However, it’s main thesis was that we (the royal we) need to develop appropriate policy responses to counteract the consequences of the government’s new IR reforms.

At the risk of sounding rude … what a load of rationalist crap. For better or worse, the jobs environment of yester year–where there was some notion of stability, structure and security–is gone. And this is not a recent phenomena. It went a long time a go.

What we need to do as individuals is to respond creatively and decisively and take advantage of the situation rather than becoming a victim of it. We need to free ourselves of the master-slave mentality and forge our own path. As quoted here before … “security only comes from controlling your own destiny.”

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