Business Group Says Government Needs Better Understanding of Economics

Labor's move to tighten casual-to-full time work pathway attracts criticism

A member of staff prepares the tables in one of the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant vintage trams in Melbourne, Australia, on March 23, 2015. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images

Business groups warn small enterprises could be devastated by a new federal government move to tighten laws around offering casual workers full-time positions.

On July 24, the federal Labor government said it would “close a loophole” in current industrial relation laws that leave “people stuck as casuals.”