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The Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment has
recommended to the Senate that it approve the Fair Work
(Amendment) Bill 2014 (Cth). The Bill, first tabled on 27
February, provides for the extension of unpaid parental leave and
the insertion of flexibility terms into modern awards and prevents
an application for a protected action ballot being made unless
bargaining for a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement has commenced.
The Bill is expected to be passed shortly at the next Senate
sitting.
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