• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. General Overview of the Fair Work Bill
• 3. Fair Work Bill Measures Relevant to Pay Equity and Women's Labour Force Participation
• 4. The Impact of the Proposed Reforms on the Balance Between Work and Family Responsibilities
• 5. Other Issues of Interest
• Attachment A: Equal Remuneration - State and Federal Legislation and Wage Fixing Principles

Review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 – Submission

Supplementary submission on the provisions of the Fair Work Bill 2008

• 1. Introduction
  • Outline of submission
• 2. General Overview of the Fair Work Bill
  • A fair and comprehensive safety net of minimum employment conditions
  • Good faith collective bargaining at the enterprise level
  • Collective bargaining for the low-paid
  • Rules on industrial action
  • Right of entry
  • Protections from unfair dismissal for all employees
  • A balance between work and family life
  • The right to be represented in the workplace
  • Fair Work Australia – a 'one-stop shop'
• 3. Fair Work Bill Measures Relevant to Pay Equity and Women's Labour Force Participation
  • Equal remuneration provisions
    • Principle of equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value
    • Comparable value
    • Discrimination should no longer be a threshold test
    • Coverage by equal remuneration provisions - national system employees only
    • Process for obtaining an equal remuneration order
    • Compliance
  • Work value claims
  • Anti-discrimination protections
    • Anti-discrimination Principles
    • Anti-Discrimination Provisions
    • Discriminatory terms in modern awards and enterprise agreements
    • Interaction with state and territory anti-discrimination and equal opportunity laws
  • Relevance of safety net to female employees
  • A new bargaining stream for the low-paid
    • Bargaining and awards
    • Low Paid Bargaining Stream
    • Fair Work Australia facilitates bargaining and makes determinations
• 4. The Impact of the Proposed Reforms on the Balance Between Work and Family Responsibilities
  • Flexibility in the National Employment Standards
    • Parental leave
    • Right to Request Flexible Working Arrangements
    • Carer's leave
  • Flexibility in enterprise agreements
  • Flexibility clauses in modern awards
• 5. Other Issues of Interest
  • Certainty of coverage for private sector employees and employers
  • Productivity Commission Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave
  • Senate Inquiry into the Effectiveness of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act
• Attachment A: Equal Remuneration – State and Federal Legislation and Wage Fixing Principles

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