The Changes: There’s been significant changes introduced to the processes that govern the creation, negotiation and establishment of enterprise bargaining agreements – it’s after all the biggest portion of the suite of changes brought in by the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill. In summary, these changes include: A new cooperative workplace bargaining stream. A cooperative workplace agreement is a type of multi-enterprise agreement. It can be made by employers who have agreed to bargain together where they are not included in a supported bargaining authorisation or single interest authorisation. For more information, visit the Fair Work Commission’s page here. Employers and their employees can now make single interest employer agreements. This is a new kind of multi-enterprise agreement which lets two or more employers with common interests to jointly bargaining for a single agreement.. For more information click here. Supported bargaining has now replaced low-paid bargaining. The supported bargaining  stream is intended to assist and encourage employers and their employees who might find it difficult to bargain at a single-enterprise level. For more information, click here.   The Fair Work now has new provisions in effect that cover how and when a multi-enterprise agreement can be varied to remove an employer and their employees from coverage. For more information, click here. There are new ways to deal with bargaining disputes – including by determinations and intractable bargaining declarations – read more here. The Fair Work Commission can now also assist you with making a multi-enterprise agreement. To find out how, click here.  There are also new changes to agreements and agreement-making, including changes to the BOOT test – find more information here. The changes to the EBA processes are huge, and there’s no simple one size fits all checklist – how the changes affect you exactly and what you’ll need to be doing going forward is dependant on a range of factors, including your current business situation. Suffice to say, there’s a lot of moving parts to this one, so we really recommend reaching out to us for a chat. Workplace Wizards have partnered with many employers throughout EBA negotiations to provide specialist strategy and legally-compliant advice to get you through the process at any stage. Give us a ring or call (phone and email below!) any time to speak to one of our consultants. In the meantime, you might also be interested in checking out our EBA Masterclass blog series, the final article is here and you can find links to the first three instalments at the top of the page.