Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 25 June 2012:

Given that there have been a number of media reports of ambit claims, with union executives in the university sector seeking a 27 per cent pay increase; in addition, there have been claims for hangars, paid shower time and lockers, are such claims a reflection that the Fair Work Act 2009 is not operating as intended.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

No. Claims made by bargaining representatives during enterprise agreement negotiations are a matter for the parties involved.

The good faith bargaining requirements of the Fair Work Act 2009 do not require parties to agree to all claims presented during bargaining as terms to be included in an enterprise agreement.