Our top 10 employment, workplace & safety issues for 2015

In this In Brief, we look ahead and identify the 10 key issues that are likely to dominate Australian employment, workplace and safety law in 2015.

1. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION INQUIRY

The major focus of the workplace reform debate this year, undoubtedly, will be the Productivity Commission (PC) Review of the Workplace Relations Framework.

The terms of reference for this inquiry were released by the Abbott Government on 19 December 2014. They require the PC to assess the performance of the federal workplace relations framework, including the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) and instruments operating under the legislation, focusing particularly on:

• key social and economic indicators important to national wellbeing, productivity and competitiveness;