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AUS-2005-L-72561
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Title_of_text
Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 (No. 153, 2005).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Subjects (Classification)
Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
2005-12-14
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends the Workplace Relations Act 1996. Creates a national workplace relations system, including the establishment of the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) which will set and adjust minimum and award classification wages, minimum conditions of employment; direct bargaining between employers and employees; the role of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, particularly in relation to regulation of industrial action; a simplified system of awards; transmission of business rules; protection of key award conditions in bargaining processes; dispute settlement procedures; extension of the compliance regime and transitional arrangements.
Instrument(s)
C100 - Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951; C111 - Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958; C156 - Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981; C158 - Termination of Employment Convention, 1982
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1988-11-08 (AUS-1988-L-7241)
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Act No. 86 of 1988).
Amended text(s)
1996-02 (AUS-1996-L-46041)
Workplace Relations Act 1996 (as amended)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
ComLaw
Publisher
Attorney General's Department
Country
Australia
URL
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/Act1.nsf/0/F654B41C59239853CA25713D007B5B38/$file/153-2005.pdf
File
AUS72561.pdf (PDF)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Commonwealth Government Printer
Date
2005
Volume
76252
Number
Cat. No. 05 1537 2
ISBN
1741 77231 1