In Australia, employers and employees within the national workplace relations system are covered by the National Employment Standards (NES) contained in the Fair Work Act 2009. Together with pay rates in modern awards and minimum wage orders, the NES provides the minimum legal conditions for national workplace relations system employees.
Ensuring your business is complaint with these minimum legal obligations is critical, with significant penalties for employers and individuals where minimum obligations have been breached.
Ai Group has a raft of services available which can assist in ensuring your business meets its minimum obligations. These services include:
Ai Group also provides a range of service to assist employers should allegations of non-compliance with minimum employment obligations be made against them. In compliance proceedings which are brought before the Court, Ai Group Workplace Lawyers can assist and defend employers' interests. The experienced team of specialists at Ai Group Workplace Lawyers regularly engage with regulators and unions on these issues to achieve positive outcomes for Ai Group members.