Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Bargaining Processes) Bill 2014
lapsed, as at 2016-04-17. Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Employment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-11-27
- second reading — 2014-11-27
- second reading — 2014-12-04
- second reading — 2015-02-09
- second reading — 2015-02-09
- committee — 2015-02-09
- third reading — 2015-02-09
- introduced — 2015-02-10
- second reading — 2015-02-10
- other — 2016-04-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-11-27.
This bill would change workplace bargaining rules to encourage talks about making businesses more efficient.
It would require the Fair Work Commission to check that productivity improvements were discussed before approving most enterprise agreements, and to consider several factors when deciding whether to allow a strike ballot.
The Commission would also have to refuse a strike ballot if the applicant's demands are clearly excessive or would seriously hurt workplace productivity.
- Adds a new condition for approving enterprise agreements that are not greenfields agreements.
- Requires the Fair Work Commission to consider a list of factors when assessing if an applicant is genuinely trying to reach an agreement.
- Prevents the Fair Work Commission from ordering a protected action ballot if the applicant's claims are manifestly excessive or would significantly harm productivity.
Employers, employees and unions involved in enterprise bargaining under the Fair Work Act.
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