Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source

My question is also to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Isn’t it the case that, under the government’s industrial relations legislation, if a majority of employees want a collective agreement and the employer does not, there is no circuit breaker other than the unreviewable unilateral decision of the employer? What choice do employees have when the boss simply says no?

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