Date Time Business calls for IR flexibilities to be reintroduced Business is urging Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reinstate the temporary industrial relations flexibilities in the Fair Work Act when Parliament resumes as a means of supporting employers and employees through the country’s latest as well as future lockdowns. We thank the Fair Work Commission for the invitation to meet yesterday alongside unions and government in response to changing workplace conditions for millions of Australians. It is clear that the Federal and State Government support measures, while absolutely crucial, are incomplete without temporary flexibilities in the Fair Work Act to allow businesses to operate in and trade out of lockdowns whilst maintaining employment. Businesses will be able to more readily maintain existing staffing levels if they are supported with the necessary workplace relations flexibilities.