OverviewOur team provides strategic assistance to clients from a wide range of industries with regard to compliance with terms and conditions of employment set up by the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act). In particular we assist clients with:
- transitioning from the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard and the old award system to the National Employment Standards and modern awards; and
- advising on options available such as individual flexibility arrangements, annualised salary clauses and guarantees of annual earnings.
ExperienceExamples of our team’s experience includes:
- providing strategic assistance to clients from a wide range of industries including banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, tertiary education, retail, storage and distribution, ports authorities, agribusiness, information technology, horticultural and transport, with regard to compliance with the Fair Work Act through the transition from the old award system to compliance with modern awards;
- advising a publicly-listed funds management company on their modern award coverage and the use of annualised salary clauses and drafting and advising on the implementation of employment contracts compliant with the Fair Work Act;
- advising the Australian branch of a global company offering student placement and English language testing services on their modern award coverage and the use of annualised salary clauses, individual flexibility arrangements and guarantees of annual earnings, and drafting and advising on the implementation of employment contracts compliant with the Fair Work Act;
- advising a national book retailer on their modern award coverage and the use of annualised salary clauses, set-off clauses, individual flexibility arrangements and guarantees of annual earnings, and drafting and advising on the implementation of employment contracts compliant with the Fair Work Act; and
- advising numerous small-medium clients on their modern award coverage and the use of annualised salary clauses, set-off clauses, individual flexibility arrangements, guarantees of annual earnings and enterprise agreements and drafting and advising on the implementation of Fair Work Act compliant employment contracts.
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