(Episode 276; 10minutes 21) It’s a new financial year in Australia and, as of July 1st, a raft of new Fair Work legislation comes into place, replacing the contentious Work Choice laws that almost certainly contributed to the downfall of the Howard government.
For small businesses the new legislation takes away a lot of the “hire and fire” flexibility of Work Choices. You need to ensure that you are conducting dismissals for legitimate reasons with employees being given new, easy ways to make claims for unfair dismissals.
On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Adrienne Unkovich from Workforce Guardian, part of a newly announced consortium charged with educating small business on these changes.
What do you think of the workplace changes? Add your views in the Talkback section at the end of this post.
See also: Fairer IR Laws? | BTalk Australia - Peter Anderson, the Chief Executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, spoke out against these changes back in October 2008.
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