'Mistakes are happening': Govt wants certainty for business in fight against underpayment

Harley Dennett
Updated December 8 2020 - 6:41am, first published December 7 2020 - 10:35pm
Attorney-General Christian Porter has released new industrial relations reforms. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Attorney-General Christian Porter has released new industrial relations reforms. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Accidentally underpaying workers is a major fear of small businesses, the government claims as it gets set to boost measures to make it easier to understand and comply with the law.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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