Workplace Relations Framework – Productivity Commission
Draft Report
Introduction
The wait is over. On 4 August 2015, the Productivity Commission
released its draft report on the Australian workplace relations
framework. The draft report recommends a number of sensible changes
to the current landscape, although it is likely that some of the
recommendations will be controversial. The Australian Government
intends to use the Productivity Commission's report to develop
its workplace relations policy to take to the next election.
Productivity Commission
The Productivity Commission (Commission) is the Australian
Government's independent research and advisory body on a range
of issues affecting the welfare of Australians. In January 2015 it
published five issues papers summarising the scope of its inquiry
into the workplace relations framework in Australia and seeking
submissions on the issues that it raised. The draft report (Report)
sets out the draft
