John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Abetz, the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Can the minister confirm that, under the government’s workplace laws, the Commonwealth Bank has the choice to offer all new employees AWAs that scrap 46 existing conditions, including rostered days off, overtime pay, shift allowances, penalty rates and leave loading? Isn’t it also the case that the employer has the choice of not offering any guarantee of a pay rise over the five-year life of the AWA to offset those lost conditions? Can the minister confirm that, under the government’s workplace laws, new Commonwealth Bank employees only have the choice to accept the AWA or not get the job?