Posts tagged "Better Off Overall Test"

The proposed bargaining legislation prioritises the goal of lifting wages above the equally important goal of delivering the business productivity gains needed to fund such wage increases.

Australia's small business sector and union representatives have agreed on a four-point priority plan for the Jobs and Skills Summit, declaring a common interest in simplifying the IR system for workers and employers.

The Coalition and Labor have been arguing over the “better off overall test”, known as the BOOT. What is it, why are they arguing, and who is right?

The Coalition says it is still committed to industrial relations reform, despite Labor and unions saying the changes would lower wages.

The government has caved to crossbench pressure to drop its plan to enable the suspension of the Better Off Overall Test for COVID-affected businesses.

The Coalition’s industrial relations omnibus bill will allow the FWC to approve two-year enterprise agreements that do not meet the BOOT.

The government's IR reforms could see a new definition of casual work and a higher rate of pay for retail and hospitality workers.