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Labor agrees to amend workplace bill but pushback over multi-employer pay deals persists

The Albanese government has agreed to amend its industrial relations bill as it tries to alleviate business concerns about workplaces getting roped into multi-employer pay deals.

by | Nov 6, 2022

Labor government may remove ‘red tape’ in collective bargaining rules in bid to lift wages

Labor hopes to get its workplace package, including enshrining the principle of gender pay equity, through the Senate by the end of the year amid intense political pressure about the rising cost of living.

But the plans to expand the use of pay deals across multiple workplaces have attracted pushback from business groups and sparked Coalition warnings that disruptive strikes will increase.
Read more at The Guardian
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