A group of leading industrial relations academics has released a damning report of the Federal Government's proposed Industrial Relations reforms, saying workers and families will suffer.
One of the authors, Professor Russell Lansbury of the University of Sydney, says workers will be forced onto individual contracts and casual work, job insecurity will get worse and wages will fall.
"The proposed changes will do nothing to address labour and skills shortages or the productivity slowdown."
"They will however damage the fabric of Australian society by encouraging poorly paid jobs with irregular hours, little security and a worsening work family balance."
"Economic growth has been good, but it's now stalling and we feel that for people to feel secure in their jobs and to feel motivated by their work is the way to go, and not to make people feel insecure and that their livelihood is threatened."
"What we see in this legislation is that it's flexibility for the employer, not flexibility for both sides, and we feel that to gain the support of workers, it needs to be a two-sided process," he said.
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