Pay Secrecy Clauses
Employees have a new workplace right to disclose their remuneration or employment terms and conditions to anyone or to ask other employees. Pay secrecy clauses in all new employment contracts are prohibited.

Abolishment of the ABCC

The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) has been abolished, meaning the number of industrial disputes on construction sites is set to rise. 

Bargaining and Enterprise Agreements 

Employers who have 20+ employees and are not covered by an enterprise agreement still within its nominal term can be forced by a union into bargaining for a single-interest multi-enterprise agreement. 

Fixed Term Contracts

In most cases, employers are prohibited from entering into a fixed term contract of more than two years or where an employee has previously been engaged on two consecutive contracts for the substantially similar work.