Subcontractors fear the CFMEU will seek to exploit labour hire laws to increase costs in residential construction where the militant union has little influence.
Subcontractors fear the CFMEU will seek to exploit the Albanese government’s “same job, same pay” laws to increase costs in residential construction and regional commercial projects where the militant union has little influence.in the government’s proposed laws for labour hire to get paid at least the same as direct employees could lead to a shift in how business is done in the $90 billion-a-year homebuilding sector.
“Builders and tradies know that the prospect of being forced into union-dictated pattern ‘one size fits all’ EBAs, with inflexible and unproductive work practices, is a very real possibility,” she said.“But unlike other parts of the sector, residential builders work for mums and dads with big mortgages, not governments with big pockets.”
The only bar to covering a service contractor or subcontractor is whether the Fair Work Commission considers it is not fair and reasonable to do so.
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