The reforms have delivered significant changes to:

• Job Security and Flexible Work

  • Restrictions on fixed-term contracts

  • New workplace rights on pay disclosure

  • Enhanced flexible work arrangements

  • Ban on pay secrecy clauses

    
    

• Gender Equality

  • New protected attributes including breastfeeding and gender identity

  • Equal remuneration principles

  • Enhanced sexual harassment protections

    
    

• Enterprise Bargaining

  • New multi-enterprise bargaining framework

  • Sunsetting of 'zombie' agreements

  • Improved agreement-making processes

Early independent review findings show positive outcomes, with a 27% increase in employees covered by collective agreements between September 2022 and September 2024. The reforms have also contributed to gradual increases in real wages and improvements in the gender pay gap.

[1] https://www.landers.com.au/secure-jobs-better-pay-six-june-and-beyond#:~:text=Generally%20speaking%2C%20the%20new%20provisions,years%20(with%20some%20exceptions).&text=The%20government%20has%20indicated%20that,conditions%20for%20labour%20hire%20workers.

[2] https://ministers.dewr.gov.au/watt/review-finds-positive-early-changes-secure-jobs-better-pay-laws

[3] https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/workplace-laws/legislation-changes/secure-jobs-better-pay

[4] https://www.dewr.gov.au/secure-jobs-better-pay