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Employers call for removal of flexible work arbitration
There should be no compulsory arbitration of flexible work disputes, and employers should have a longer timeframe to respond to requests when "exceptional circumstances" exist, according to the Australian Industry Group.
Its submission to the review of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay amendments says: "It remains the case that the rights to request were altered fundamentally by the SJPB Act, and the impact of those changes is still to be determined."
One of the major changes was to introduce compulsory arbitration, and this should be removed from the dispute resolution provisions of the Fair Work Act, AiG argues...
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