Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025

Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (19:21): There was also, I'm told, a very good dissenting report attached to that committee decision, which highlighted the many concerns. I think it's important again for us to note that that compelling evidence clearly stated that there was going to be significant compliance burden for Australian small businesses. Are you concerned that the risk of this compliance burden could actually force many Australian small businesses to cut staff or hours because of potential complexities that arise from this bill?