Parties participating in the Australian jobs and skills summit have identified removing “unnecessary limitations” to single and multi-employer agreements as a priority to be addressed, along with improving the Fair Work Act.
Speaking at the summit on Sep. 1, Employment Minister Tony Burke said there were a number of issues with the Fair Work Act that needed to be dealt with immediately, including providing better access to flexible work arrangements and unpaid parental leave.
The minister also wanted to change the “better off overall” test–a test used by the Fair Work Commission to assess whether an employee is better off under an employment contract–and make it “simple, flexible and fair.”…