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Many of the Fair Work Act's amendments are "working as intended", a review has found, but its draft report suggests the list of employees' "protected attributes" could potentially be expanded, and fixed-term contract limits warrant further reform.

As reported late last year, the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act is being reviewed, and Emeritus Professor Mark Bray and Professor Alison Preston have now submitted their 409-page draft report to Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt.

Some 38 chapters deal with individual aspects of the amendments, and the review makes 19 draft recommendations...