The Nick Xenophon Team has been “caught out” on wanting to see cuts to penalty rates, unions say.
SA Unions today joined federal and state Labor in condemning NXT after Senator Xenophon’s Senate running mate and campaign manager Stirling Griff said weekend penalty rates were too high.
Mr Griff advocated a rates cut of 25 per cent to Sunday penalties, but that the micro-party’s view had been that it would accept the Fair Work Commission’s ruling.
However, he said NXT would consider supporting legislation to cut penalty rates on Sundays for small business if it were introduced by the Coalition.
