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The Labor’s New Forward with
Fairness Industrial <=
/span>Relations Policies
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Major=
Areas
of Change
•
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:120%'>•
3<=
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none'>
National System
•Use
of all Constitutional powers to legislate national industrial
relations laws for private employers
–=
i.e.
incl. sole traders, partnerships etc
•“Work
cooperatively with the States to achieve national industrial
relations laws”
–<=
/span>“achieved
either by State Governments referring powers for private sec=
tor
industrial relations or other forms of cooperation =
and
harmonisation”
•<=
/span>State
Government employees can stay in State system.
4<=
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none'>
10 National Standards
•From 1/1/10 -
1.Hours of Work
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2.Parental Leave
3.Flexible Work for Parents
4.Annual Leave
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/span>
5.Personal, Carers a=
nd
Compassionate Leave
6.Community Service
Leave
7.11 Public Holidays, plus penalty
rate
8.Information in the
Workplace
9.Notice of Terminat=
ion
and Redundancy
10.Long Service Leave
Key =3D New or significantly <=
/span>improved
5<=
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style=3D'font-family:Tahoma;font-size:56%;mso-special-format:lastCR;displa=
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Wages
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•Back to AIRC / =
Fair Pay
Australia
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–AFPC ‘gone’=
3;
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•Annual review&#=
13;
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–1 July op. dat=
e each
year
6<=
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style=3D'font-family:Tahoma;font-size:56%;mso-special-format:lastCR;displa=
y:
none'>
Awards
•10 “allowable” mat=
ters
-
1.Minimum wages
=
;
2.The type of work
performed
3.Arrangements for w=
hen
work is performed
4.Overtime rates for
employees working long hours
5.Penalty rates
=
;
6.Provisions for minimum annualised wage or salary arrangements
7.Allowances
8.Leave, leave loadi=
ngs
and the arrangements for taking leave
9.Superannuation
10.Consultation,
representation and dispute settling procedures
Key =3D New or significantly <=
/span>improved
7<=
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style=3D'font-family:Tahoma;font-size:56%;mso-special-format:lastCR;displa=
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Awards 2
•Govt to use Corporations power
•Can add industry specific detail around Standards
=
;
•Award exemption for employees earning over indexed $100k
•Simplify / modernise awards within 2 years
–‘simplification’ from 1/1/08
–no law change required
•Priority industries
–NAPSAs, industries with high use of AWAs
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•Enterprise awards can continue
–except where parties request
•
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Enterprise Bargaining
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•Employer greenf=
ields
agreements ‘gone’
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•Max. term 4 yea=
rs
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–before =
you
start to negotiate
9<=
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style=3D'font-family:Tahoma;font-size:56%;mso-special-format:lastCR;displa=
y:
none'>
AWAs, transition
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•Labor proposes
Transition Bill ‘early 2008’
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–but no Senate
majority
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.51%'>•ITEAs – Individ=
ual
Transitional Employment Agreements
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.14%'>–only for new e=
mployees
and those already on AWAs
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–Expire 31/12/0=
9
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.88%'>•Existing AWAs (=
as at
Transition Bill implementation) remain in place under ‘o=
ld’
rules
10=
Flexibility clauses
•=
Model clauses inserted in both awards (1/1/10) and=
new
CAs
•=
Award flexibility clause
–=
rostering and hours of work;
–=
all up rates of pay;
–=
provisions that certain award conditions may not a=
pply where an employee is paid above a fixed percentage=
as
set out in the award&=
#13;
–=
an arrangement to allow the employee to start and =
finish
work early to all=
ow
them to collect their children from school
without the employer paying additional penalty rates for the early start
•=
Must be in writing, copy to employee
•=
Labor’s election campaign reference to use of comm=
on law
contracts
–=
But doesn’t seem too much room for them?!
11=
Collective agreements
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.52%'>•“Better Off Ove=
rall”
than minimum award and standards
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–“on the papers”
approval process
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.2%'>–approved by FWA=
within
7 days (or presume notice saying ‘not yet approved’)
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.57%'>•Non-union agree=
ments
remain, but where no employee represented by a union&#=
13;
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.72%'>•Flexibility cla=
use –
can’t disadvantage employee v. CA
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•“Matters pertai=
ning”
restriction removed
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-5.33%'>•Multi-employer
agreements ok
<=
span
class=3DB1B style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.82%'>–but not pattern
bargaining industrial action
12=
Go=
od
Faith Bargaining obligations
•Attending and participating in meetings at
reasonable times;
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.98%'>•Disclosing rele=
vant
information in a timely manner, subject to appropriate
protection for commercial in confidence information;
=
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.65%'>•Giving genuine
consideration to the needs of the other parties, and providing
reasons for their responses; and
13=
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10 National
Employment Standards
AWAs
- ITEAs
until 31/12/09? <=
/div>
Collective
Agreements
- BOO Test
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