On 31 January 2014, the Department of Employment released an options-stage RIS examining proposed amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009. The proposed amendments form part of the Government’s election commitments. Among other changes, they seek to introduce good faith bargaining arrangements for greenfield employment agreements, and amend the existing rights of employee organisations to enter workplaces; these changes are likely to reduce the regulatory burden faced by large resource and construction projects in particular. The proposal has been assessed as likely to have a measurable impact on the economy with no impacts on competition. An options-stage RIS has been prepared and certified by the department, and the Office of Best Practice Regulation agreed to the regulatory costings.
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