Workplace Relations Update

Contents

• Agreement Making
  In relation to enterprise bargaining and collective agreement making, the Government has confirmed that it will remove some of the limitations and restrictions on collective agreement making that were introduced under WorkChoices, whilst still retaining a number of WorkChoices era amendments.
• Industrial Action
  As is the case under WorkChoices, protected industrial action will remain available to employees and employers during enterprise bargaining and industrial action taken by employees will still need to be approved by a secret ballot.
• Unfair Dismissal
  Consistent with WorkChoices, the proposed unfair dismissal regime will apply to all employers covered by the WorkChoices.