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Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2000

CONTENTS

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE (PDF format) (Word format)

CHAPTER 1 (PDF format) (Word format)
    INTRODUCTION
    Background to the bill
    Campaign 2000
    The focus of the Committee's inquiry
CHAPTER 2 (PDF format) (Word format)
    CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUES
    The nature of pattern bargaining
    Tightening and strengthening Commission orders
    Anti-suit injunctions
    Cooling-off periods
    ILO Conventions
    An anti-union bill?
CHAPTER 3 (PDF format) (Word format)
    CONCLUSION
    Preserving enterprise agreements
    Legislating for change
LABOR SENATORS' REPORT (PDF format) (Word format)

CHAPTER 1 (PDF format) (Word format)
    INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION
    The bill in its political context
    The response of unions
    An employer's bill
CHAPTER 2 (PDF format) (Word format)
    PATTERN BARGAINING
    Employer views from Second wave
    Definition of pattern bargaining in the current bill
    The submissions employer organisations to the current inquiry
CHAPTER 3 (PDF format) (Word format)
    FURTHER DISMANTLING OF INDUSTRIAL LEGAL STRUCTURES
    The Commission
    Attempts to Limit the Jurisdiction of the Federal Court
CHAPTER 4 (PDF format) (Word format)
    CONCLUSION
AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS SENATOR'S REPORT (PDF format) (Word format)

APPENDIX 1 - LIST OF SUBMISSIONS (PDF format) (Word format)

APPENDIX 2 - WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AT PUBLIC HEARINGS (PDF format) (Word format)

APPENDIX 3
- DOCUMENTS TABLED AT PUBLIC HEARINGS (PDF format) (Word format)

APPENDIX 4 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (PDF format) (Word format)

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