Fair Work Act, Workplace Relations, Agreements, Awards and Employment Contract

The Fair Work Act has created an unprecedented blanket of employee protection that employers need to consider in almost all of their business decisions that relate to employees.

Generally the protections for employees have been increased, but the ability of employers to defend their actions has been diminished.

Unfair dismissal exclusions have been removed, union right of entry and discrimination powers have been added and good faith bargaining requirements have effectively reintroduced compulsory bargaining to the workplace.

Modern awards, enterprise agreements and ten national employment standards now define the minimum terms and conditions of employment.

This one day course will take you through important parts of the Fair Work Act and highlight the areas where you might need to make immediate changes to your contracts of employment, workplace policies and employment conditions. It’s one of three one day courses that we recommend employers complete to learn about what they must do to comply with workplace relations and employment law.

Designed For

Human Resource specialists, managers, supervisors and payroll officers wishing to up-date or extend their formal training in this area.

Learn About

• National Employment Standards
• Requests for flexible work
• Paid parental leave
• Redundancy
• Modern awards 
• Enterprise agreements
• Good faith bargaining
• Minimum wages
• General protections
• Discrimination
• Adverse action
• Unfair dismissal
• Investigations and disciplinary action
• Industrial action
• Right of entry

Content

Topic 1 - Federal and state systems

• The state referral of power
• Moving to the national system

Topic 2 - Fair Work

• Fair Work Australia
• Understanding small business exemptions
• Industrial action and union right of entry

Topic 3 - Enterprise agreements and modern awards

• Agreement making under Fair Work
• Good faith bargaining
• The better off overall test
• The transition to modern award rates of pay
• Take home pay orders

Topic 4 - National employment standards

• What are the national employment standards?
• The Fair Work Information Statement

Topic 5 - Parental leave

• Extended unpaid parental leave
• Requests for flexible working arrangements
• Understanding the paid parental leave scheme

Topic 6 - The contract of employment

• Understanding the difference between an independent contractor and an employee
• Express and implied terms
• Breach of contract

Topic 7 - Termination of employment

• What is unfair dismissal?
• What is unlawful dismissal?
• What is an adverse action?
• Understanding redundancy
• Award free and executive employees

Award

A Certificate of Attendance will be issued at the completion of the course.

Duration of Course

One Day 9.00am - 4.30pm

Course Fee (GST Free)

Fee Member AUD $260
Fee Non Member AUD $330

Other Details

Fee includes morning & afternoon tea, light lunch and course materials.

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