EXTRACT:

The Albanese Government’s Fair Work Legislation (Closing the Loopholes) Amendment Bill 2023 introduces a framework of union workplace delegates rights and protections for delegates when exercising those rights.

Further, it requires Awards and agreements to detail union delegates rights. The Award and agreement detail can be more expansive that the rights stipulated in the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act).

The union workplace delegates amendments, like several other elements of the latest package, seem to have one primary objective – help union leaders to increase union membership.