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Business group warns workplace reforms may stymie wages

Jennifer Westacott says government reforms may result in rigid and outdated workplace practices. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A key business group has warned the Albanese government's next set of workplace relations reforms could hold back pay boosts and jeopardise Australia's robust jobs market.

The Business Council of Australia has raised concerns about the government's proposed crackdown on insecure work, including its promise to nail down a definition of casual work and guarantee labour hire workers "same job, same pay".

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