The Coalition’s policy to improve the fair work laws
This document is the current industrial relations policy held by the Federal Liberal National Coalition parties. The following points are provided in the Policy:
The Coalition’s Policy to Improve the Fair Work Laws will:
• Keep and improve the Fair Work laws – including the independent umpire
• Re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission
• Provide better protection for members of Registered Organisations
• Provide practical help to small business workplaces
• Guarantee workers have the right to access fair flexibility
• Create realistic timeframes for Greenfield agreements
• Ensure union right of entry provisions are sensible and fair
• Give underpaid workers a better deal
• Promote harmonious, sensible and productive enterprise bargaining
• Ensure the laws work for everyone and undertake an independent review by the respected Productivity Commission
• Deliver a genuine paid parental leave scheme and lift female participation rates in Australian workplaces
• Ensure workplace bullying is comprehensively addressed
• Urgently review the Remuneration Tribunal for the trucking industry
• Implement many recommendations from the Fair Work Review Panel report.
