Business leaders have attacked the Albanese government’s ambitious industrial relations overhaul that introduces new sector strike rights as a seismic shift in the workplace system that reverses Keating enterprise bargaining reforms and risks jobs at a time of economic uncertainty.

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke signalled on Thursday that he was open to fixing issues with multi-employer bargaining in the bill, tabled in parliament yesterday, following an outcry from employers and crossbenchers that the Albanese government was ramming through the laws.