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‘More flexible’: Review finds IR changes helped businesses – Sydney Morning Herald
It also found downsides, including employers improperly forcing staff to take on extra hours and workers left confused about where to go for help.
Labor’s industrial relations spokesman Tony Burke said the party, which ultimately voted in favour of the extension, opposed aspects of it that would let businesses with growing profits cut staff hours and wages.
“It is ridiculous that any worker should be punished because the business they work for has become more profitable,” Mr Burke said.
The report adds weight to the government’s case for more flexibility in Australia’s industrial regime, which it is expected to make as part of a reform package…
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