Enterprise Bargaining

The Fair Work Bill 2008 makes significant changes to agreement making. The changes largely reflect the federal government's forward with fairness policy that was taken to the last election, however in some areas, the Bill goes much further than was previously indicated.

Types of agreements under the Bill

The Bill provides for three different types of enterprise agreements. These are:

• a single-enterprise agreement, which is similar in nature to a collective workplace agreement under WorkChoices

• a multiple-enterprise agreement, which is similar in nature to a multiple-business agreement under WorkChoices

• a greenfields agreement, which is similar in nature to a union greenfields agreement under WorkChoices.