ACTU wants employers to compensate workers for Abbott government budget measures

By Nick Toscano
Updated July 22 2014 - 5:08pm, first published 4:30pm
Workplace Relations Minister Eric Abetz has condemned a push by unions to make employers compensate workers for budget measures such as the GP fee. Photo: Andrew Meares
Workplace Relations Minister Eric Abetz has condemned a push by unions to make employers compensate workers for budget measures such as the GP fee. Photo: Andrew Meares

Employers who demand a doctor's note when workers take sick days will be pressured to wear the cost of the proposed $7 GP co-payment, under a new national union strategy.