Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We are now using the committee stage of the Fair Work Bill to start talking about the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill. Be that as it may, the bill continues the framework which I outlined. I have outlined it a number of times. I am happy to outline it again if you are unsure of the process—that is, that this award modernisation request was made under 576C(1). The award modernisation request, which comes under that section, sets out that the creation of modern awards is not intended to disadvantage employees or increase costs for employers and it will continue under the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009.