The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned Labor is going beyond its vow to criminalise wage theft and is seeking to extend jail time for “honest” mistakes.
Labor’s five new appointments to the workplace tribunal, all current or former union officials, will be overseeing the government’s ambitious new workplace reforms.
Unions have begun using new unilateral powers to restart collective bargaining as they welcome “a shift” in employers’ attitudes in the face of extreme labour turnover.