UPDATE on Multi-employer bargaining

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The controversial part of the new legislation traverses areas of existing provisions about multi-employer agreements and introduces some new elements. The component parts are variously referred to as “single interest bargaining” or “supported bargaining” or “cooperative bargaining”. What is common to all of these is the enhanced capacity for agreements to be made that will apply to multiple employers, more akin to an award than the single enterprise agreement most employers that bargain are used to. And greater involvement of the FWC.

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Fair Work Act changes: how most employers will be impacted

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The amendments to the Fair Work Act passed parliament on 2nd December and will soon be signed into law. The public and political focus has been confined mainly to the multi-employer bargaining changes, but there are other, more generalist, matters likely to affect most employers in some way.

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Briefing Note on Some Aspects of proposed Fair Work Act Amendments – November 2022

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Introduction In late October, the federal government introduced a Bill to amend the Fair Work Act in a range of areas and has subsequently introduced an amendment to that Bill in response to various business reactions. The Bill includes measures concerning, among other things, equal remuneration, sexual harassment, fixed term contracts, anti-discrimination, flexible working arrangements […]

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