The Australian Hotels Association has reached a compromise with the government to protect casual workers and employers from aspects of the Closing Loopholes bill.
The Australian Hotels Association CEO Stephen Ferguson says many industry groups have expressed concerns with the way the casuals’ portion of the Closing Loopholes bill has been drafted.
“That’s the section that relates to civil penalties of up to $93,000 where a business such as a hotelier mistakenly classified someone as a casual when they should have been a permanent.
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