September 3, 2023 — 10.30pm
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The federal government will limit the scope of its controversial labour hire laws to fend off a fierce campaign from business groups to scuttle the changes in the Senate, citing new figures to claim the looming changes will affect only about 67,000 workers.
Employment Minister Tony Burke will promise to target big companies that use labour hire firms to undercut the wages they pay their other workers under enterprise bargaining agreements, in the fourth major element of his workplace changes.
The promise takes on business fears that the impact could cascade throughout the economy by capturing companies that use outsourcing or smaller firms that rely on labour hire when they do not use the enterprise agreements in place at bigger companies.
“There will always be a place for labour hire when it comes to surge work, short-term arrangements and specialist staff. This legislation does nothing to change that,” Burke said ahead of the introduction of his draft workplace bill this week.
“These changes will affect a small number of workers. But for the workers this affects, closing this loophole will be life-changing.”
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