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The Fair Work Commission (FWC), until 2013 known as Fair Work Australia (FWA), [1] is the Australian industrial relations tribunal created by the Fair Work Act 2009 as part of the Rudd Government's reforms to industrial relations in Australia. [2] [3] Operations commenced on 1 July 2009.
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) (or formally, the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman), is an independent statutory agency of the Government of Australia that serves as the central point of contact for free advice and information on the Australian national workplace relations system. The Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman also investigates workplace ...
The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, passed by the Rudd government to reform the industrial relations system of Australia. [1] [2] Replacing the Howard government's WorkChoices legislation, the Act established Fair Work Australia, later renamed the Fair Work Commission. [3]
The ROC was established on 1 May 2017 under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Act 2016 (Cth) [3] and was abolished on 6 March 2023, with its functions transferring to the Fair Work Commission. The role of the ROC includes the following functions: [2]
The National Employment Standards (NES) is a set of eleven minimum entitlements for employees in Australia who are covered by the Fair Work Act 2009.An award, enterprise agreement, other registered agreement or employment contract cannot provide for conditions that are less than the national minimum wage or the National Employment Standards and they can not be excluded. [1]
The Fair Work Act 2009 covers most Australian employees with rights such as fair pay scales, 38 hour weeks, overtime, at least 28 days holidays, paid parental leave, superannuation, and job security. Casual workers do not have many of these rights. Australian work relationships begin with a contract, and carry basic rights for fair pay and ...
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Unfair dismissal in Australia is the right to not be unfairly dismissed from work in the Fair Work Act 2009. This is a core part of Australian labour law , and refers to an unlawful act of employment termination due to it being an unfair action on the employee by the employer.