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Labor's imminent industrial relations changes, which include a first-ever "definition of what an employee is", represent a union "wish list" rather than addressing legitimate loopholes, employer groups say.

This week in multiple speeches and interviews, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has revealed more details of the Labor Government's third-tranche IR reforms, which will be introduced to Parliament on Monday as the 'Closing Loopholes Bill'.

Among them, as previously reported, is a definition of employee – the first time Australia has had this.

"Effectively the new definition of an employee will be a legislated version of the old definition of an employee," Burke has told the National Press Club...