Employees and experts hope the bill goes far enough, as it faces a Senate inquiry and attacks from industry groups
But the legislation was delayed after crossbench MPs sided with the Coalition to launch a Senate inquiry into the bill.admission by the workplace relations minister, Tony Burke
“They say this model improves flexibility but some of the guys here are working 70, 80 hours a week just to get a living wage,” he says. “It’s heartbreaking to see this happen and I think what the government is proposing will go a long way to give these guys the security I had.” “Creating some form of minimum standards won’t completely solve the problems but will limit it,” he says.
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