Vic: Labor's workplace probe hits Melbourne

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2006
Vic: Labor's workplace probe hits Melbourne

A taskforce of Federal Labor MPs probing into the impact of the federal government's
industrial reforms .. is heading to South Australia for its final hearings.

Taskforce chair BRENDAN O'CONNOR says two days of public hearings in Melbourne have
now wrapped up .. with submissions echoing concerns raised by employers .. workers ..

and social and welfare groups .. nationwide.

He says there's a concern the legislation will allow bad employers to do bad things
.. and force good employers to do bad things.





Public hearings will finish in early May .. then the taskforce will prepare a report
to go before the Federal Labor Caucus .. before the end of the year.

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KEYWORD: WORKPLACE (MELBOURNE)

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