This September 2024 edition of the Significant Workplace Relations Issues Report provides Ai Group members with an update on a range of major developments, including the following:

• Key recent legislative developments, including changes placing the CFMEU into administration, the commencement of significant additional changes to the Fair Work Act, the introduction of a portable long service leave bill for community service workers in South Australia, current and imminent legislative reviews, updates on the Net Zero Bill, amending legislation in Queensland and a bill providing that superannuation is to be paid on Commonwealth-funded parental leave pay.
• Major cases in the Fair Work Commission dealing with matters including the new ‘right to disconnect term’ for modern awards, gender-based undervaluation in various awards, new proceedings relating to the implementation of working from home provisions in the Clerks Award, applications for an exemption rate clause to be inserted into the Clerks Award, an application to vary the Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award, new FWC proceedings relating to the Retail Award, the issuing of draft determinations in the C14 rates review and progress updates regarding various ongoing proceedings.
• Trends in enterprise bargaining.
• Other major developments and cases dealing with matters including, a new single interest employer authorisation for three NSW coal mine employers, a supported bargaining authorisation application for McDonald’s franchisees, applications for regulated labour hire arrangement orders, three applications made by the TWU for minimum standards orders to cover certain employee-like workers and road transport contractors and an update on key Federal Court cases about the coverage of the Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave Scheme.
• Various government inquiries and consultation processes concerning matters including the development of codes concerning regulated workers and wage theft, potential changes to the Privacy Act and to the regulation of employment agents in South Australia.