Labor releases details of industrial relations changes

* Criminalising wage theft

* Introducing minimum standards for workers in the gig economy

* Closing the forced permanent casual worker loophole

* Closing the loophole under which an enterprise agreement sets a particular rate of pay for particular work, but then the employer brings in different workers through labour hire to undercut that rate of pay

* Allowing the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards for the road transport industry

* Introducing an offence for industrial manslaughter and increasing penalties

* Better support for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder

* Expanding the functions of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency to include silica safety and silica-related diseases

* Stronger workplace protections for survivors of family or domestic violence

* Specific protections for delegates, greater legal powers to challenge unfair contract terms, and cracking down on sham contracting

* Expanding the powers of the Fair Work Commission to permit right of entry to investigate suspected underpayments.

Australian Associated Press