Dear Reader,
Did you hear about this recent case?
A Western Australian employer was left $60,000 out of pocket after two of his employees made an underpayment claim against him.
Did the employer mean to underpay his employees? Not at all…
Archive for the ‘AWAs’ Category
3 Reasons Why You Should Make An Enterprise Agreement
You have probably seen it splashed all over the news lately… the Fair Work Act has introduced a new scheme for making enterprise agreements.
And at first, this new agreement-making process doesn’t seem to have much going for it.
For starters, you have to inform your employees immediately of their right to be represented by a union during the agreement making process. This seemingly leaves you with no way to make a non-union agreement, and certainly no way to make individual agreements like AWAs.
But despite this, there are some upsides to the new agreement-making process.
New Transfer of Business Laws Will Commence on July 1!
In this week’s Workplace Bulletin:
- New Transfer of Business Laws Will Commence on July 1!
- Quick Tip of the Week: Changes to migration laws
- Workplace Helpdesk Q and A: Entitlements for award employees
- Workplace Wackies: Keyless Entry
Dear Reader,
As you are no doubt already aware, 1 July 2009 marks the commencement of the Fair Work Act. One area of workplace law that will be affected significantly by the new Act is transfer of business (formerly transmission of business under the Workplace Relations Act).
What is a transfer of business?
Transfer of business provisions may apply when an employer (the new employer) takes over part or all of the business of another employer (the old employer). The transfer of business provisions may mean that the new employer becomes bound by the old employer’s workplace agreements.
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