Workplace minister Tony Burke will start consulting on the government’s second tranche of workplace reforms, including gig economy pay, next week. But he all but ruled out one controversial union demand.
However, employer groups argue such fees, currently illegal in agreements, would infringe on freedom of association and have called on the government to rule it out.
Asked about whether the government would continue to insist workers do not go backwards under this year’s minimum wage rise, he responded that “obviously, no one ever wants anyone’s wages to go backwards”, but that the issue was subject to a cabinet process. He said the government would seek to introduce less contested changes such as making superannuation a right under the National Employment Standards and “affirm beyond any doubt that temporary migrant workers are entitled at all times to workplace protections” in the coming months.
The lengthy consultation period for the key reforms comes after business groups criticised the government for rushing consultation on its controversial multi-employer bargaining laws at the end of last year.
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