Long Title |
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Workplace Agreements Act 1993 (Western Australia) to provide for the phasing out and expiry of that Act; to introduce Employer Employee Agreements (EEAs); to repeal existing provisions including pre-strike ballots, restrictions on union political expenditure, federal award coverage, compulsory resume work orders, restrictions on right of entry, and inspection of time and wages records; to enhance the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993; to promote a collective approach to industrial relations through new objects of the Industrial Relations Act 1979 and new powers for the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission, facilitating the award making and collective agreement making process and introducing good faith bargaining; to clarify and increase the powers of the Industrial Relations Commission; and to reform the unfair dismissal provisions. |