"A study has found that many women are worse off under the new federal industrial relations changes.
Queensland's Griffith Business School has analysed the first 10 months of WorkChoices and found overtime pay has been lost at double the rate of previous Australian workplace agreements.
The study also shows the WorkChoices legislation has performed badly on wages, conditions and productivity.
Griffith industrial relations professor David Peetz says women's conditions and pay sunk in the first six months of WorkChoices, especially in the private sector.
The professor says women's real wages fell by 2 per cent in the private sector despite a record profit share for businesses."
Labels: Poverty, Workchoices
