“A bargaining chip”: Morrison government withdraws underpayment provisions in heavily amended IR bill
The Coalition has ditched underpayment laws in its IR omnibus bill, which would have cracked down on serious cases of wage theft.
The Morrison government has ditched the underpayment provisions in its industrial relations omnibus bill, which would have cracked down on serious cases of wage theft with bigger penalties.
The heavily amended industrial relations package, which passed the Senate yesterday, only includes one of the five key reforms it first contained.
While changes to casual employment were passed, the Morrison government abandoned widely supported provisions related to underpayment as well as changes to awards, enterprise bargaining and greenfields agreements.
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