Parliament has just approved the third major workplace reform bill in the life of the Albanese government,but it’s just part of a much wider ‘fairness’ agenda.
Bosses fear a new law preventing them from contacting workers too much after hours will open the door to vexatious claims – and the government is already hoping to make a big change.
A right to disconnect has been inserted into Labor’s latest industrial reforms,under which employers face fines or criminal sanctions if they fail to comply.
Think your boss is calling you too much after work? You will soon have a way to stop them under legislation going before parliament.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke used the end of the stalemate between ports operator DP World and the maritime union to vindicate his refusal to intervene in the wage dispute.
Independent senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie have detailed extensive concerns with the remainder of Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke’s Closing Loopholes legislation.
Representatives of the Dubai-based company warned recent multi-employer bargaining reforms would drag other stevedores into widespread strikes.
Tim Pallas’ intervention comes as federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke refuses to get involved in stevedore giant DP World’s pay dispute with wharfies.
Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke says people are tired of profitable companies using wages as the scapegoat for soaring prices.
The Victorian treasurer argues in a letter to the workplace minister that the “no less favourable test” in the new IR bill will lead to protracted disputes.
The union has agreed to meet the workplace minister,but unlike DP World,it doesn’t want him to get involved.