Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters) | Hansard source

The government won't be supporting this disallowance motion. This motion would remove a protection for small business, in particular, against claims to pay leave entitlements twice to casual employees. The regulation makes clear that an employer who engages a casual employee and pays casual loading can rely on that payment if later found to be liable to pay leave entitlements applicable to non-casual employees. Employers estimate that the liability to make payments twice could be as much as $8 billion. No reason has been advanced as to why this protection, which clarifies the common law, should not continue to provide this protection for small business.