Sky News Political Editor aclennell says federal Labor is moving 'one critical amendment' in parliament to the JobKeeper legislation.
Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says federal Labor is moving "one critical amendment" in parliament to the JobKeeper legislation. He told Sky News under the legislation, firms can reduce employees' hours after they come off JobKeeper if they can show a one per cent loss of turnover.
Mr Clennell said Labor's Tony Burke moved on Wednesday afternoon, that under this arrangement, the pay of the employee must be at least at the same level as the new JobKeeper rate of $600 a week. Under the government's proposal "it could be a lot lower, with their hours reduced," Mr Clennell said.
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