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Construction workers secure 7.6% pay increase

Construction Enquirer

Construction unions and contractors have agreed a pay increase from next month of at least 6% for around 500,000 site workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council agreement. Click here for full agreement details. In a two-stage CIJC deal, workers will receive a further 1.5% from 1 January 2024.

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Travel and COVID-19: Australians unlikely to travel overseas (beyond New Zealand) again before 2021

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Major obstacles exist in opening up destinations other than New Zealand, which are considered to have poorly or inadequately managed the spread of the coronavirus, according to leading travel health experts. “It will depend on comparative stages of the outbreak in both the origin and destination of each traveller.”

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Feeling unwell while travelling? What you should do if you get sick overseas

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. Almost half of all Australians who travel overseas will report a health problem. Even if it’s something as simple as seasickness, see your ship’s medico straight away, if a charge is involved your travel insurance might cover the cost of your treatment. That’s what travel insurance is for. Photo: iStock.

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Travel in Europe during coronavirus: Plan to create ‘tourism corridors’ between countries

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More than three-quarters of trips made by EU citizens are to other EU countries but travel restrictions continue to apply across the bloc. The commission would publish guidance on the issue on May 13 she said, before adding that any lifting of travel restrictions should not discriminate on grounds of nationality. Photo: Getty Images.

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Engineering construction workers reject 8.5% pay offer

Construction Enquirer

Engineering construction workers operating under the Blue Book agreement have overwhelmingly rejected contractors’ final wage increase offer. increase in both hourly rates and travel allowance for 2024, followed by a 3.5% The employers’ latest two-year offer includes a 8.5%

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Service Agreements Can Improve Contractors Cash Flow And Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

Why Sell Service Agreements? Service agreement holders are more likely to be clients that add more value to your construction company because they represent the most loyal segment of your customer base. Every service agreement customer represents a future work. Every service agreement customer represents a future work.

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Navistar Forms Service Partnership

Construction Equipment

Navistar has signed a service partnership agreement with Love’s Travel Stops, which adds over 315 Love’s Truck Tire Care and Speedco locations, and more than 1,000 technicians, to Navistar’s International service network. The partnership authorizes most Love’s and Speedco service locations to…

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