Mining Giants Lobby Against Same Job Same Pay Implementation

Mining giants have criticised the Albanese government’s industrial relations reforms for inhibiting economic productivity as the Same Job Same Pay rights start to take effect in November. “From the outset, the unions have been blinkered to the unintended consequences of these perverse workplace laws, given the ultimate benefit of such incursions into Australian workplaces lies primarily with them, not the workers they claim to represent,” said Tania Constable, Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) CEO. “It is self-serving policy masquerading as economic policy, given there is nothing in these changes that enhances productivity, encourages economic growth, boosts investment, increases competition, or spurs job creation.”...