The Australian Council of Trade Unions says casuals should get JobKeeper payments if they had a reasonable expectation of ongoing work, were it not for COVID-19.
But Federal Industrial Relations Minister, Christian Porter, says the payment will only be available to workers with a 12-month link to a single employer.
Minister Proter said, "If there were an easier way we would adopt it. This is the only guaranteed way to make the 1500 dollar payments flow in a lawful way, to save Australian jobs. This is parliament's Dunkirk moment, we get the lifeboats out and we save jobs and we do it in the simplest, clearest, guaranteed formula that parliament can devise."
It follows the government's decision to relax eligibility requirements for registered charities.
Charities can now gain access to the JobKeeper payment if their revenue declines by 15 per cent.
