Multiple business lobby groups are urging changes to Victoria’s planned working-from-home rules, while also signaling support for the overall direction of the legislation. Eight large national and state business organizations have joined forces in an “eleventh-hour” push aimed at stopping or modifying Labor’s working-from-home plans.
The groups’ stated position is that the measures should be reshaped to reduce risks they associate with the current proposals for employers. Across the outlets, coverage focuses on the same coordinated campaign and the intention to either have the plans scrapped or substantially revised, rather than abandoning the issue entirely.
Victoria’s premier is described as holding firm against scrapping the policy, suggesting the government remains committed to its approach. The reported tension centers on whether the rules can be adjusted through negotiation or amended through legislative processes, with business groups seeking protections for businesses while the government maintains its stance on implementing working-from-home obligations.
