On 25 October 2024, Ai Group filed a submission in response to a Statement issued by Justice Hatcher, President of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) accompanying Draft guidelines in relation to the operation of Part 2-7A – Regulated labour hire arrangement orders. The draft guidelines were prepared pursuant to s.306W of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) which confers a discretion on the FWC to make written guidelines in relation to the operation of Part 2-7A of the FW Act. Part 2-7A was inserted into the FW Act by the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 (Cth) and contains a new regulated labour hire arrangement jurisdiction. If the guidelines are made, they must be in force by 1 November 2024. The Statement invited interested parties to comment on the content of the draft guidelines and whether they should be made at all.