Worker shakeup risks sending economy into reverse
- Aug 2, 2023
- 1 min read
A significant shakeup to Australia’s workplace laws is nothing more than a ploy to drive increased union membership and risks sending the economy into reverse, the nation’s peak industry group has warned.
Set to be unveiled by Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke later this year, the reforms include making it easier for casual workers to become permanent, regulating the gig economy, and clamping down on labour hire arrangements.
Speaking at the National Press Club, the chief executive of one of the nation’s largest business groups, Innes Willox, slammed the proposed changes, describing the government as “delivering a union agenda”.
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