Complimentary Advice Sessions available
PLEASE NOTE THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDED CONSULTATIONS HAS NOW BEEN FILLED.
Members can contact the Workplace Advice line for all other workplace enquiries.
The Australian Government has implemented significant changes to the workplace relations laws, including:
- new rules around enterprise agreement making;
- new intractable bargaining provisions;
- new multi-enterprise bargaining;
- limiting the use of fixed term employment contracts;
- introducing new employer obligations pertaining to matters including flexible working arrangements, pay secrecy clauses and unpaid parental leave;
- new definition and provisions for casual employment;
- new “right to disconnect”;
- changes to union right of entry and delegates’ rights;
- enhanced ‘Sham contracting’ provisions;
- regulated labour hire arrangement orders - resulting in risks for labour hire employers and hosts;
- new definition of who is an ‘employee’ (as opposed to a contractor);
- new 'wage theft' provisions;
- new capacity for contractors to challenge unfair contract terms in the Fair Work Commission;
- sweeping new powers for the Fair Work Commission to regulate:
- terms and conditions for “employee like workers” and contractors in the Road Transport Industry;
- commercial arrangements in the Road Transport Industry Supply Chain.
Ai Group is providing members with a complimentary one hour advice session with an experienced Workplace Relations adviser or lawyer to aid businesses with understanding the impact of these changes on their business.
Note: There are a limited number of funded sessions available. Each employer will only be able to access this service once.
