View the report as separate downloadable parts:
List of Recommendations
Members
Chapter 1—Introduction
Context of the bill
The government's workplace relations commitments
The Australian Jobs and Skills Summit
Origins of collective bargaining in Australia and the current reform agenda
Overview of the bill
Financial implications
Consideration by other parliamentary committees
Conduct of the committee's inquiry
Notes on references
Chapter 2—Key issues
General views on the bill
Comments on specific aspects of the bill
Government amendments to the bill
Committee view
Coalition Senators' dissenting report
Committee Referral
Multi-Employer Bargaining
Small Business Sector
Better Off Overall Test (BOOT)
Greenfield Agreements and Sovereign Risk
Denmark
Abolition of the ABCC
Intractable Bargaining Declaration
Regional Universities
Conclusion
Coalition Senators' additional comments : Tabled 29 November 2022
Australian Greens Senators' additional comments
Senator David Pocock's additional comments
General comments: Process and timing
Part 1: Abolition of the Registered Organisations Commission (ROC)
Part 2: Additional Registered Organisations enforcement options
Part 3: Abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
Parts 5–9: Objects of the Act, equal remuneration, expert panels, pay secrecy, sexual harassment, anti-discrimination and special measures
Part 10: Fixed term contracts
Part 11: Flexible work
Parts 12 to 14: Termination of enterprise agreements after expiry, sunsetting 'zombie' agreements, enterprise agreement approval
Part 15: Initiating bargaining
Part 16: Better Off Overall Test (BOOT), Part 17: Errors in agreements, Part 18: Bargaining disputes; Part 19: Industrial action, Part 20: Supported bargaining
Part 21: Single interest employer authorisations
Part 22: Varying agreements to remove workplaces, Part 23: Cooperative workplaces, Part 24: Enhancing small claims, Part 25: Prohibiting illegal pay rate advertisements
Appendix 1—Submissions and additional information
Appendix 2—Public hearings and witnesses
Appendix 3—Hearings into industrial relations-related bills