Workplace Relations Update 29/06/2007

In addition to introducing the Fairness Test, the regulations include amendments that:

• change the Office of the Employment Advocate to the Workplace Authority;
• change the Office of Workplace Services to the Workplace Ombudsman;
• address transmission of business;
• introduce a new Workplace Relations Fact Sheet which employers must issue to employees;
• ensure employees from State systems are covered by the Fairness Test; and
• double the duration of redundancy provisions in terminated agreements to 24 months.

For further information, visit the Workplace Authority website or feel free to contact us with any questions.