As we forecast, a recent decision that enterprise agreements must contain compulsory arbitration provisions hasw been overruled.

In our view, a recent decision by FWA not to approve an enterprise agreement on the basis it did not provide for compulsory arbitration will not stand - one way or the other...

The introduction of modern awards will mean major changes to minimum award rates, loadings and penalties during the transitional period commencing 1 January 2010 and concluding on 1 July 2014. Use our calculator to estimate your new wage rates under various awards in stages commencing 1 July 2010...

The devil is always in the detail...watch out for the changes under the Fair Work Act relating to FWA's power to arbitrate disputes, particularly when negotiating an enterprise agreement. Even existing ones may start to mean something different than they did before...

ER Strategies Director Steve Champion sees the new good faith bargaining requirements as being one of the more important changes introduced by the Fair Work Act , and one that is likely to be seen as a turning point in the Australian Industrial Relations system in years to come.

We continue our series of articles on the changes to our Federal IR system. this article explores the implications for workplace agreements and enterprise bargaining.

Union rights to enter employer premises have been strengthened under the Fair Work Act. If Right of Entry is an issue for you, read on.

If you are about to embark on some important enterprise bargaining negotiations and don't know where to start, or alternatively want to think about how you can do it better, you should find our Enterprise Bargaining flowchart of great benefit

Do employers need to rush to implement changes under the old rules, before everything changes? Well, yes and no, depending on whether you've used AWAs before. If not, then we wouldn't suggest you change course now... Read on for details and our analysis of Forward with Fairness, Labor's future plan for industrial relations.