Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I have a series of questions. I literally have a fileful from employers in Australia.

The revised explanatory memorandum, at page 189, states that new subsection 250(3), which sets out when the Fair Work Commission may exercise its discretion to allow parties to continue to bargain for an enterprise-level agreement, 'would uphold and respect the ability of an employer to bargain with relevant employees in appropriate circumstances'. Can the minister confirm what is meant by 'appropriate circumstances' and can the minister please provide examples that can then be utilised when looking at this for statutory interpretation purposes.