The new head of the NSW union movement will criticise federal Labor for following Malcolm Turnbull's push to make Australia a "start-up nation", in a speech to the ALP's state conference on Saturday.

"Start-ups often pay much less than established companies […] getting a mortgage is harder [and they] don't always offer decent employment rights," Mark Morey, the new secretary of Unions NSW, will say in a speech to the state Labor conference on Saturday.

Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled policies to benefit start-up companies as PM. Credit:Andrew Meares

"If we […] throw our weight behind the idea of making Australia a 'start-up nation' we must also turn our minds to what the average working Australian makes of it."

Since coming to power, Mr Turnbull has spoken of making Australia an "agile" nation central to his government's message. More funding and tax breaks for start-up companies was one of the first policies he unveiled as Prime Minister.

