Get ready: These are the workplace relations issues to watch in 2014 - 15

The Abbott Government has put workplace relations front and centre of its first term reform agenda. Here's our guide to the issues that will dominate the industrial relations landscape in 2014-15.

The coming year will see the Government continue to pursue its workplace reform agenda as set out in the 2013 "Policy to Improve the Fair Work Laws". The policy outlines the Coalition's proposed changes to the Fair Work Act and construction industry legislation, its flagship paid parental leave scheme and plans to have the Productivity Commission undertake an extensive review of the legislation in the Coalition's first term of government.

The Productivity Commission Review will provide the central focus for the debate over workplace policy in the lead-up to the next federal election. In the meantime, the Government faces challenges getting a number of IR reform bills through the Senate.