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Friday, September 11, 2026

Parties play politics with employment law as election nears - The National Business Review

Simpson Grierson senior associate Ashleigh Inder unpicks the new Act workplace relations policy for the NBR.

Politics has bled heavily into employment law this week, with the sudden resignation of Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood on Wednesday afternoon, and a new policy from the Act party announced yesterday that weighs in on the perennial employee v contractor debate.

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