Australia’s new national workplace relations system launches on 1 July 2009.

 

Fair Work delivers on the Australian Government’s commitment to provide a one stop shop to ensure employers and employees know where they stand in the new workplace relations system. Fair Work comprises the national tribunal, Fair Work Australia, and the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman.

 

Fair Work Australia is the independent umpire for workplaces in Australia. Fair Work Australia has the power to vary awards, make minimum wage orders, approve agreements, determine unfair dismissal claims and make orders on such matters as good faith bargaining and industrial action. This will help employees and employers resolve disputes at the workplace. Fair Work Australia began operating on 1 July 2009.

 

The Office for the Fair Work Ombudsman has been established to promote productive, harmonious and cooperative workplace relations and to help employers, employees and organisations to comply with the Australian Government’s new workplace relations laws. The Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman began operating on 1 July 2009.

 

For more information on Fair Work, visit fairwork.gov.au or call 13 13 94.