Labor win will bring renewed attention to industrial relations reform, RMIT expert available for comment
Following a campaign focused on cost of living issues and wages, the election of the Labor Government under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will see renewed attention on industrial relations reform. Labor’s policy commitments include action to increase the minimum wage and enhance workers’ job security.
Anthony Forsyth is a Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University.
(0431 103 172 or anthony.forsyth@rmit.edu.au)
Topics: industrial relations, labour laws, workplace relations, employment law, trade unions, labour hire and the gig economy
“We have seen growing rates of casualisation, labour hire and other forms of insecure work for years now.
“Unions will be pushing the new Labor Government to take action quickly on these issues, and to reverse the nation’s very sluggish wages growth.
“We can expect to see the development of legislation in coming months to implement Labor’s plans to ensure ‘same job, same pay’ for labour hire workers, and to give vulnerable people in the gig economy employment rights.
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