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.”
Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].
