Australian Government Pushes for More Reforms to Boost Wages and Close Loopholes

Australia plans to reform its workplace-relations laws in a bid to remove structural impediments that stymie wage growth.

The reforms include closing a loophole that allows companies to use labor hire firms to undercut agreed minimum rates of pay, improving the rights of casual workers and preventing long-term underpayment of wages, Tony Burke, Australia’s employment minister, said on Sky News on Sunday. The changes will be introduced later this year, he said, without specifying when.

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