Labor’s past industrial relations changes making it harder to sack full-time workers led to the hiring of more casual staff and the replacement of workers with machines, new think tank research reveals.
The in-depth analysis by the e61 Institute is a warning to the Albanese government about its proposed “same job, same pay” workplace changes, with e61 Institute research director Dan Andrews saying the evidence showed there was “no free lunch” on industrial relations.
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