You are invited to comment on the Fair Work Act Review. The Object of the Fair Work Act is to provide a balanced framework for cooperative and productive workplace relations that promotes national economic prosperity and social inclusion for all Australians.
The Panel is particularly keen to hear from First 5000 members. Written submissions to the Review Panel are due by 17 February 2012.
The Fair Work Act 2009 and the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 gave effect to the Government’s commitment to restore fairness to the Australian workplace relations system.
Due to the scale of these reforms, the Government made a commitment in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Fair Work Bill 2008 to review the operation of the legislation two years after its full commencement (1 January 2012).
On 20 December 2011, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations announced further detail of the review, including terms of reference.
The background paper, provides general information on the review and the Act, detail of the submission process, relevant evidence sources and questions stakeholders may wish to consider when developing their submissions. The questions are not intended to be exhaustive and stakeholders are free to address other issues raised by the review’s terms of reference.
Written submissions to the Review Panel are due by 17 February 2012. Supplementary submissions, including comments on the submissions of other participants, are due by 2 March 2012.
Submissions should be delivered in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats by email to fairworkactreview@deewr.gov.au. Further information is available here.
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