Posts tagged "industrial relations reform"

The government is poised to finalise its much-anticipated package of workplace reforms within weeks, Christian Porter says.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week proposed a new deal in industrial relations, bringing together the government, employers and unions.

Scott Morrison's call for unions and business to find common ground on IR reform will not be easy. Many areas up for discussion have been contentious issues for years.

New wage theft scandals are unlikely to be the last, as corporate Australia reckons with one of the worst worker exploitation scandals in recent memory.

Wesfarmers has become embroiled in another wage theft scandal, after revealing staff at department store Target have been cheated for $9 million.

The government’s threat of jail for bosses engaging in wage theft may be a PR exercise designed to camouflage the blow of big hits to come for workers.