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How to Make Award Flexibility Agreements Easily

Dear Reader,

Well, another year is almost over. And whatever 2009 brought for you and your business, there’s no denying it was a HUGE year for workplace relations.

When the Fair Work Act came in last July, the sheer volume of changes it introduced were enough to make anyone’s head spin. Mine certainly did! And it’s not long now before the rest of the legislation comes in on 1 January 2010…

So before that happens, I thought it would be a good idea to reflect on all the changes that were made throughout 2009…

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By Claire Berry posted December 22nd 2009

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Award Flexibility Agreements Made Easy

Ok, so you’ve heard a lot about modern awards and the fact that they come in on 1 January 2010. But can you actually use award flexibility agreements to make the application of awards to your business more flexible?

Take a café that employs a number of casual employees that work only on weekends. How can the café enter into Award Flexibility Agreements to pay a fixed “weekend casual rate”?

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By Charles Power posted December 22nd 2009

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2 Things You Must Do Before Putting A Proposed Enterprise Agreement To Vote

Recent decisions have highlighted that before putting a proposed enterprise agreement to vote, you must first complete a number of steps (or process requirements) that are required by legislation.

Process Requirement #1: Legislation imposes an obligation on employers to take all reasonable steps to give a “notice of representational rights” in a particular form to “each employee who will be covered by the agreement” and “who is employed at the notification time”.
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By Charles Power posted December 17th 2009

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