COSBOA notes with considerable disappointment statements made by the Australian Industry Group and some media reporting about the nature of the joint agreement reached with the ACTU in respect of Casual employment changes contained in the Morrison Government's IR Bill.
The statements made by AIG that the COSBOA/ACTU Agreements means that "Double-dipping claims by employees who have been engaged and paid as casuals would be given a green light to proceed" is just plain wrong as are some media reports that appear to have simply accepted the statement without verifying it", said COSBOA CEO Peter Strong.
"I am at a loss to understand whether AIG's statements are simply due to a failure to actually read the amendment or constitute deliberate over-reach to decry a position that AIG didn't support because it wasn't their own", added Mr Strong.
"The fact is that COSBOA sought to honour the request of the Prime Minister last year for employer groups and unions to work together to come up with a compromise solution that was in the interest of all Australians – that is what we and the ACTU did and that is what we will continue to do", added Mr Strong.
The Morrison Government passed laws that protect small businesses from the double-dipping risk. That is a great thing, and we applaud Minister Cash and the Morrison Government for passing these laws.
AIG and the other big employment groups, on the other hand, sat on their hands and chose to throw stones at anyone who disagreed with any aspect of their position.
"AIG has a right to
