Dear Reader,
I’ll bet the new Modern Awards and National Employment Standards have been taking up a fair bit of your time of late.
It’s understandable. They’re two of the biggest changes to Australian IR laws ever – so big that many of the other Fair Work Act amendments seem to be getting forgotten…
But don’t just ignore the other changes the Fair Work Act has made to IR legislation, however minor they may seem by comparison.
Why? Because it’s the smaller, less significant changes that could catch you out!
Take Right of Entry laws for example.
They’re not laws that affect many businesses on a daily basis – or even on a yearly basis. But they have changed under the Fair Work Act… and when the time comes that you need to understand them, you may be wishing you’d paid a little more attention.
For example, under the Fair Work Act, unions now have much greater scope for access to workplaces. In other words, there are a heap of new reasons they can gain entry to your workplace.
But there’s no need to worry… your next Employment Law Practical Handbook update (due in your mailbox this week!) includes a newly updated Right of Entry chapter. It will tell you everything you need to know about the changes to Right of Entry laws and how they will affect you.
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Until next time…
Claire
Tags: IR legislation, modern awards, National Employment Standards
