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The Government announced the specialist review into the operations of the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) in the 2023-24 Budget.

Government response to the Review of the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021 (Cth) as published on 15 December 2022.

As part of the Review of the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021 (Cth), the department commissioned data analysis by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the changes in casual conversion in Australia.

As part of the Review of the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021 (Cth), the department commissioned research by the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) on casual employment in Australia.

Final Report of the Review of the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021 (Cth) as tabled in the Parliament on Thursday 1 December 2022.

Professor Tim Driscoll presented us with the final report for the review of specified diseases and employment for the purposes of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 in March 2021.

Final report of the review of the firefighter provisions of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act).

The Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020 temporarily introduced a new Part 6-4C into the Fair Work Act 2009. These were known as the JobKeeper provisions. Under section 789GZB of the Fair Work Act, the Minister for Industrial Relations was required to affect an independent review of the operation of the temporary JobKeeper provisions.

We engaged Nous Group to conduct this review. During the review, Nous Group consulted with employer and employee representatives, as well as the Fair Work Ombudsman and Fair Work Commission. They also used relevant survey and other data on the use and impact of the temporary amendments.

The final report of the independent review was tabled in Parliament on 20 October 2020.

If you experience any difficulty accessing the document on this page, please contact IRgroupcovid19@ag.gov.au for assistance.

In October 2019, we engaged Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to analyse and map the single-enterprise agreement making and approval process and undertake user-centred analysis of this process.

This paper sought input from the community about the operation of the compliance and enforcement framework. It followed a paper issued on 19 September 2019, titled Improving protections of employee's wages and entitlements: strengthening penalties for non-compliance, which considered the penalty framework in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Discussion questions were included to guide feedback; however, stakeholders could also provide further information and suggestions relevant to the matters discussed.

The purpose of the paper is to collect and collate the techniques, structures and practices that produce the most mutually beneficial and productive workplaces for both employees and employers.

This discussion paper seeks feedback on practical experiences and techniques of best practice in cooperative workplaces. It seeks views (by way of written submissions) on improved productivity performance through more harmonious workplaces. While this paper has specific questions, submissions may provide any information and make suggestions relevant to the overall topic of the paper.

The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency's role and functions was reviewed five years after its establishment.  The final report from the review was tabled before Parliament on 27 November 2019.

The Australian Government invited submissions on the greenfields enterprise agreement provisions in the Fair Work Act 2009 and views on whether and how enterprise agreements might be applied for the life of greenfields projects.

This paper provided background information on the penalty framework in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act) and sought input from the community (by way of written submissions) about the operation of the framework. Discussion questions were included to guide feedback; however, stakeholders could also provide further information and suggestions relevant to the matters discussed.

These are the Ministers' Guidelines to assess applications under section 100 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Section 100). 

On 6 December 2018, the Australian Government tabled the Review of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016, undertaken in accordance with section 119A of the Act.

The national review of the Work Health and Safety (WHS) regulatory framework in the building and construction industry (the review) was completed in 2018. The review was conducted by Seyfarth Shaw Australia with assistance from the former Department of Jobs and Small Business.

The government tabled its response to the Interim Report: Protecting Australians from the threat of asbestos in the Senate in August 2018.

A national Review of Security of Payment Laws (the Review) was commissioned in 2017 to examine ways to improve consistency in security of payment legislation and enhance protections to ensure subcontractors get paid on time for work they have done. The final report was published 21 May 2018.

The Terms of Reference for the conduct of the Review of Security of Payment Laws.  The Review is to provide a progress report and final report, which includes recommendations, provided to the Minster.