On 6 December 2022, the Australian Government amended the Fair Work Act to include a range of new workplace laws. Find out more.
Key changes
Key changes relate to:
- promoting job security and gender equality
- equal remuneration and establishing expert panels
- prohibiting pay secrecy
- prohibiting workplace sexual harassment
- anti-discrimination
- fixed term contracts
- flexible work
- enterprise agreements and enterprise bargaining
- changes to functions of the Fair Work Ombudsman (that's us)
- enhancing the small claims process
- prohibiting job advertisements that contravene the Fair Work Act
- abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) and the Registered Organisations Commission (ROC).
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More information
For more information, you can:
- read the legislation at Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022
- read the joint media release from the Prime Minister the Hon. Anthony Albanese and Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Delivering Secure Jobs and Better Pay
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