Business prepares to take IR fight to voters

Business groups are warning of higher prices for consumers and job losses under federal workplace laws to be put to parliament next week as they ramp up an advertising campaign to turn voters against the changes.and create new rights for 2.7 million casual workers, raising concerns about back-pay claims and other costs worth billions of dollars.

On the gig economy, however, global giant Uber said it supported the move to set minimum earnings and other standards for its 150,000 people, as well as improving insurance for drivers and riders. The draft law, to be called the Closing Loopholes Bill, would give the delivery drivers the right to go to the Fair Work Commission to seek higher pay and better conditions, breaking with current rules that treat them as contractors rather than employees.

“So the concept of there being some big liability coming to business – no, we’ve ruled that out,” he said.Employment Minister Tony Burke While Burke would not reveal how the “same pay” would be decided by the Fair Work Commission across various pay rates and conditions, business groups expect a “multifactor test” of up to 12 points that would determine challenges in the courts against the workplace umpire’s rulings.

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