Key Points:
The review of Queensland's industrial relations laws
will include discrimination and work health and safety
issues.
The terms of reference have been released for the first
comprehensive review of Queensland's IR laws since 1998. It has
a broad scope, and will allow the Government to consider the IR
framework and recommendations for reform.
The review will impact on Queensland's Industrial Relations
Act 1999, which applies to Queensland Government departments, local
governments, statutory authorities and certain state bodies.
A comprehensive review is not unusual in IR law. There have been
many Federal reviews, most recently with the former Government
reviewing the operation of the Fair Work Act 2009 after three years
of operation. The Productivity Commission is currently reviewing
the operation of the IR regulatory framework federally following
the release of Issues Papers in January this year.
The Commission's draft report, released on 4 August
