In our experience the Fair Work Act 2009 (the "Act") provides a much more exciting canvass to work off than the one-time fairness test under the (then) Work Choices legislation. Now we have legislation that opens up the range of workplace conditions that can be discussed during negotiations for a collective agreement. The Act also resurrects a fairly braod discretion for Fair Work Australia (FWA) to improve innovative agreements under the better off overall test on public interest grounds. For a PDF copy of this Workplace Update bulletin, click here.

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Brad Swebeck on +61 2 9293 5450 / email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sarah Jones on +61 2 9293 5420 / email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Justine Matthews on +61 2 4907 6500 / email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it