Labor has reached a deal on a raft of changes to workplace laws after backroom deals with the Greens and crossbench. Business slammed the secret process and “attempt to legislate common sense”.
of workplace laws, giving millions of workers the right to ignore their bosses’ after-hours calls and empowering casuals to switch to permanent jobs, following eleventh-hour backroom deals with the crossbench and the Greens.
“The changes the crossbench has negotiated make it a much simpler, fairer bill that preserves choice and flexibility,” Senator Pocock said.Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said the deal meant the Albanese government was “poised to close more of the workplace loopholes that have been undermining wages and worker safety”.
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox said business had won on some issues but accused the government of drafting workplace changes “on the run”. “It’s a thought bubble the Greens have produced,” he said. “The process in that regard is completely substandard – the detail hasn’t been shared in public, it hasn’t been open to scrutiny, but we could be dealing with this as the law of the land this week.”
Asked about fines, Greens Senator Barbara Pocock said that “it’s very clear in the Fair Work Act that if you follow through what happens when you refuse to adhere to a stop order from the commission there is a civil remedy”.for reaching out to employees after hours and that having the right rest with the worker was a “pretty good model”.
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