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Why You Don’t Need to Worry About Modern Awards

Dear Reader,

How do you feel about modern awards? Confused? Even a little overwhelmed?

Well you’re not alone…

A lot of people – myself included – have been sceptical about how the transition to modern awards will work. Why? Because when they are implemented on 1 January 2010, it will mean a sudden and huge change for many employers.

And it’s no simple change either. If a modern award will apply to your employees, then all of their employment conditions will be different – and you will have to adjust.

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By Claire Berry posted September 15th 2009

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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.

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By Charles Power posted September 8th 2009

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