The Howard Government is under intense pressure from employers to abandon rules under new workplace laws making it compulsory to keep time records for all staff, including managers and chief executives.
Under special regulations, employers face penalties running to thousands of dollars if they fail to keep records of daily starting and finishing times, nominal working hours and hours actually worked.
The regulations, added shortly before the laws began last week, give employers six months to comply. The executive director of NSW-based group Employers First, Garry Brack, described the regulations as "incomprehensible" and "bureaucracy gone mad".
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