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Australian Workplace Agreements under Work Choices

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  • Kristin van Barneveld

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This paper details how AWAs are made under the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005. The Work Choices amendments introduce significant changes to agreement-making. The most significant of these changes are the abolition of the no-disadvantage test, the effect of termination of agreements, and the new ‘safety net’ provided by the Fair Pay and Conditions Standard. Employers have welcomed these changes as a step closer to a system of common law regulation of the employment relationship. However, for employees, the simplification of the approval process and the removal of the vetting of Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs), may expose them to AWAs which contain low wages and very limited conditions of employment. How far down this path some employers will attempt to go is yet unknown but it is clear that for some AWA employees, there will be considerable detriment to their working conditions and entitlements.

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  • Kristin van Barneveld, 2006. "Australian Workplace Agreements under Work Choices," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 16(2), pages 165-191, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:16:y:2006:i:2:p:165-191
    DOI: 10.1177/103530460601600208
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    1. Jonathan Hamberger, 1995. "Individual Contracts What Do They Mean for Australia?," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 6(2), pages 288-299, December.
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