Workplace Agreements In Australia
Workplace Agreement meant that different work place
(Australian AWA) is an agreement procedures had to
individual written followed.
agreement of terms and conditions
of employment between an employer When the Liberal Federal
and employee and or employees. Government, lead by John Howard
Except for Occupational Health announced the new reforms dealing
and safety, Workers' Compensation with new Workplace Agreements and
or training arrangements an work conditions, Unions slammed
Workplace Agreement can override the introduction of a system,
employment conditions in state or claiming that thousands of
territory laws, but an Australian unskilled and skilled workers
Workplace Agreement must meet the Australia wide would be sacked on
Australian Fair Pay and the spot, with no penalties and
Conditions Standard. rights, once available through
the old Industrial tribunal
Australian Workplace Agreements system.
which fail the test may still be
registered if it is in the public Conversations in workplace
interest to do so. A workplace lunchrooms following the Federal
may be covered by an existing Governments decision to introduce
enterprise agreement specifying the new WorkPlace Agreement in
conditions above the award, which 2006 lead to fears of mass
may mean that the Workplace sacking's, loss of wages and
Agreement is a reduction in terms and conditions of
standard workplace conditions. employment that most workers were
not happy to comply with. These
On March 27th 2006 new fears were realised in late
arrangements for a workplace March, when workers at a regional
agreements came into effect which meat works were sacked on the
spot and replaced by imported, semi-skilled labour. Employees
cheaper labour until the that can be are now replaced more
retrenched workers agreed to a regularly each time a company is
new and much less favorable restructured or streamlined.
Workplace Agreement. Wages, work conditions, except
Occupational Health & Safety can
A company in South Australia now be negotiated between
immediately sacked without notice employees and the employer. But
2 skilled workers with many years Union officials say that this
experience, giving no reason for system is bound to lead to
their retrenchment, except for bullying by some employers as
claiming that these employees they introduce an agreement of
were no longer required. "either take what we offer of
leave".
It is early days in for the new
Australian Industrial Workplace Time will tell what will happen
system, but signs of worker in the Australian workplace, but
unrest and confusion are popping disturbing signs are already
up in nearly every workplace. making the Federal and State
Governments move quickly to amend
The workers most effected by the and in some cases change many
new system are unskilled and Workplace Policies.
About the Author:
Steve Szasz is the Managing Director of Law on Order. This article and more can be found at Australian Workplace Agreements.
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