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Under Labor, small businesses with revenue of $10 million or less would receive a 30% tax break on the wages of employees under 25 or over 55 years of age.

Labor has announced a crackdown on businesses employing international workers will be on the cards if it forms government on May 18.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants to enshrine casual conversion rights into law in a bid to help boost wages growth if elected.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has appealed to the tills of small business in his budget reply, asking them to back sensible increases in wages.

Labor has confirmed it will enshrine a pay increase for over a million of Australia's lowest-paid workers into law if elected.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has made a principled commitment to increase the minimum wage, saying the current rate is hard for workers to live off.

Labor wants sub-contractors to have access to a payment guarantee fund if they're left out of pocket by illegal phoenixing activity on government projects.

Labor wants SMEs to get more out of government spending and will require government departments and big businesses to consider them if it wins the election.

The capacity of the Fair Work Commission to order pay rises for workers in women-dominated industries will be strengthened under Labor policy.

Less than a day after fast-tracking $29.8 billion in SME tax cuts, Scott Morrison has opted to back small businses in a spat with large firms over energy.

Labor leader Bill Shorten will go to the next election promising significant changes to industrial relations laws, amid pressure from the union movement.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed this morning his government will scrap a plan to lift the retirement age to 70.