Major changes

The Fair Work legislation will shape employment and workplace relations practice across Australia. Below you will find everything you need to know about the new industrial relations regime. Download thorough and easy to understand fact sheets that will give you a clear picture of the major changes and timelines.

• Institutions
• National Employment Standards
• Modern Awards
• Unfair Dismissal
• Enterprise Agreements
• General Protections
• Stand Down
• Industrial Action
• Right of Entry
• Transfer of Business
• Casual Entitlements
• Other Rights and Responsibilities

Note: Where the information in this website refers to a national system employer, in general terms this excludes an employer that is an individual, firm or partnership carrying on a business wholly in a State (e.g. a corner store carried on by a husband and wife, or Joe the plumber who is a sole trader), a State public sector employer (e.g. NSW Treasury) or a body corporate the substantial activity of which is not providing goods or services for reward (e.g. a charity or an amateur sporting club).