Opinion: Why COSBOA rejects the government’s complex IR changes

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has rejected the federal government’s proposed industrial relations reforms. In this article, CEO Luke Achterstraat and chair Matthew Addison explain why. 

The issues of confusion and complexity remain, combined with an increased requirement of every business, small or large, to dedicate resources, time and money towards trying to understand and implement these onerous new obligations.

At a time when small businesses are managing increased costs of supply, of rent, of power, of wages; we don’t need changes that detract businesses from their sales and service delivery. Small businesses seek to employ and properly reward their workers.