Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has introduced legislation designed to force up wages, particularly for women.
The bill also makes changes to the ‘better off overall test’, abolishes the ABCC, makes job security and gender pay equity explicit goals of the Fair Work Act, prohibits sexual harassment and pay secrecy in the workplace and enshrines the right to request flexible work hours.Business groups are in open warfare with the federal government over sweeping workplace law changes they argue will empower unions to trigger industry-wide strikes and rope employers into pay deals without their consent.
Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott said her organisation wanted substantial amendments to multi-employer bargaining proposals in the bill. Introducing the Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill on Thursday, Burke said the government was open to revising multi-employer agreements to make sure they were “fair, democratic and workable, and occur at the enterprise level”.
In his budget reply speech, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the new laws would be “a throwback to the 1980s”.“Labor’s changes will impose industry-wide, ‘one size fits all’ conditions which empower unions,” he said.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Something has to be done to make employers realise that when something is in short supply it costs more. If it goes for electricity ( although why that should be eludes me) or gas then it goes for a workforce. Don't try to make this all about business AGE it's about people.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Yeah, same old, same old!
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jamesmassola AngusGthompson just pass the laws..
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Typical crap lefty Labor.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson COSTELLO MEDIA PROPAGANDA FOR THE LNP
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Tough, get used to it, wages and conditions have stagnated for 9 years + due to LNP governments. They are workers, not slaves.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Open warfare is in Ukraine - they disagree on a point of profit vrs workers rights and pay - get a grip, age ...
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Impact of Work Choices finally getting unwound - they've had it good for 20 years.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Business profits up 20% a year. CEO pay up 40% a year. Zero sympathy for greedy businesses
jamesmassola AngusGthompson rope employers into pay deals without their consent WOW How radical, about time.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson When the union bosses say jump, Labor says how high? Union donations, corruption hiding in plain sight.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Australia has ratified ILO Conventions 87 and 98, which enshrine the right to strike. It’s a widely recognised fundamental human right. Business historically opposes labour power through collective action. What’s changed now is blanket media undermining of the right
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Thus will put paid to Greenies saying both major parties are the same and the Greens are pure..
jamesmassola AngusGthompson Labor is anti business and pro union. What do you expect will happen. The labor pollies have never run a business so they wouldn’t have any understanding of the increased costs associated with manufacturing today.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson I won’t mind being roped into a pay deal which is better than I’m on now. After suffering under a liberal rort of pay and conditions. I would think everyone else will be happy to.
jamesmassola AngusGthompson And for those business group, I give you a…
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