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Industrial Relations
E-Bulletin by CCIQ
February/March 2011
Division 2B State
Employers
Employers who are Division 2B State employers and came
over to the modern awards on 1 January 2011 must now
adhere to the transition provisions within the modern
awards. The transition provisions came into effect for
2B State employers on 1 February 2011. The transition
provisions apply to wages, loadings, penalties and some
allowances of the modern awards. The transition
provisions are contained in Schedule A of the modern
award.
Eg. Social Community Home Care and Disability Industry
Award 2010 will transition come 1 July 2011 for wages,
loadings and penalties.
Queensland Apprentice and Trainees
Queensland employers who currently employ Apprentices
and Trainees must ensure that they are using the correct
industrial instrument to remunerate there apprentices
and trainees. In Queensland Trainees and Apprentices are
not covered by the modern federal system, they still
refer to the state legislation. Apprentices and Trainees
will still revert to the Order of apprentices and
trainees and the relevant 2B State Award or NAPSAs for
rates of pay. To access the Order of apprentices and
Trainees schedule visit
www.fwa.gov.au.
Access to the tool allowance for Queensland Apprentices
will be the Supply of Tools to Apprentices Order which
can be accessed from
www.qirc.qld.gov.au.
Leave Loading on Termination
Based on advice sought from the Federal Attorney-
General the office of the Fair Work is now interpreting
the relevant provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009
regarding what entitlements are payable on terminations
to include the annual leave loading also payable on any
balance of accrued annual leave at the time of the
termination. CCIQ as well as other employer associations
and unions are currently having discussions at a
government level in an attempt to restore the
traditional practice that the loading is not payable on
termination. EAL will send out notification of any
further information as it becomes available. The
consequence of this interpretation, until it is changed
by legislation is that employers should be paying this
loading on terminations.
>> Harmonisation
of
Workplace Health
and Safety
On the 1 January 2012,
all jurisdictions across Australia will implement model
work health and safety (WHS) laws. This harmonisation
process is part of the Council of Australian
Governments' (COAG) National Reform Agenda where all
Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments agreed to
achieve national consistency through the development of
a WHS legislative framework (including model WHS Act,
model regulations and Codes of Practice).
The WHS harmonisation process was agreed to in order to
deliver similar laws in each jurisdiction to ensure a
more consistent approach across state borders, reduce
the red tape and compliance costs on business and create
a seamless national economy.
The national model Work Health and Safety Act was
endorsed by the Workplace Relations Ministers' Council
in December 2009. Now, Safe Work Australia (SWA) is
consulting on a range of documents that aim to assist
employers and other duty holders to comply with their
respective duties of care and include the Draft Model
WHS Regulations and Model Codes of Practice. The main
elements of the new national WHS Act are listed below
for your information.
Read more information
here
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>> TRC Arts & Funding
eBulletin #13
Here is the latest
eBulletin for the Tablelands Region. Please note that
the TRC RADF program has its second funding round open
now until 2 May 2011. There are some good training
opportunities coming up.
The Minister’s press
release can be found
here
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