Morrison on Monday announced the Coalition would legislate to allow longer pay agreements on greenfield developments,which was part of the bill he said he would pursue again if he won the federal election.
“[We are] ensuring that we can go forward and pursue those legislative changes that we wanted to pursue. Remember,they were the product of getting unions together,employers together,over countless numbers of hours to ensure that we can come up with practical things that would make the industrial relations system work better,” Morrison said on Saturday.
Labor’s Tony Burke said the rejected omnibus bill included a plan to water down the Better Off Overall Test,whichensures workers do not go backwards when they negotiate new pay deals.
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“By scrapping the Better Off Overall Test,Mr Morrison’s laws will allow for agreements that cut the pay and conditions of workers,” Burke said.
“If he succeeds,everything from shift allowances to penalty rates is on the chopping block.”
A Coalition campaign spokesman said the government was roughly committed to bringing back the bill but said there were measures in it that were specific to the pandemic that may no longer be necessary.