Right To Contact Workers After-Hours At the Heart of Workplace Reform Debate

Labor, which doesn’t have a majority in the Senate, is courting crossbench Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock in the hope of getting the Bill passed.

Office workers are seen at lunch break at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia Dec. 12, 2018. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Negotiations are underway in Parliament over the federal government’s contentious industrial relations reform, called “Closing Loopholes.”

On Feb. 6, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) issued a joint statement along with the CEOs of all national, state, and territory business chambers, calling on the Senate to “carefully reconsider the implications of this rushed and flawed industrial relations legislation.”