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When it comes to small business we are hearing lots of good rhetoric but seeing the opposite in action, says Peter Strong.

Building and construction companies will be excluded from Labor's multi-employer bargaining reforms according to a suite of amendments the federal government has tacked onto its IR reform bill.

Labor has hinted at further amendments to its massive industrial relations reform bill, but lingering Senate concerns over multi-employer bargaining remain a barrier between the federal government and its hopes of passing the omnibus in full by Christmas.

The federal government is optimistic that amendments to its industrial relations reform package, including tweaks to its multi-employer bargaining plans, could secure its support in the Senate.

The Respect@Work Council has launched new website informing employers how best to eliminate and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.

Labor hopes to pass its industrial relations bill by December 1, but key Senate crossbenchers say they need more time to assess the reforms.

Until we take a holistic approach to workplace reform, productivity, life-work balance, and wage growth, we will risk only achieving less than optimum outcomes.

The proposed bargaining legislation prioritises the goal of lifting wages above the equally important goal of delivering the business productivity gains needed to fund such wage increases.

Here's what you need to know about the bill, from its proposed overhaul of the enterprise bargaining system to new Fair Work Commission powers to enforce hybrid work arrangements.

The federal government has introduced the first batch of its long-heralded industrial relations reforms into Parliament.