WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 576A Object of Part

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 576A

             (1)  The object of this Part is to provide for the Commission to make modern awards in accordance with an award modernisation request.

             (2)  Modern awards:

                     (a)  must be simple to understand and easy to apply, and must reduce the regulatory burden on business; and

                     (b)  together with any legislated employment standards, must provide a fair minimum safety net of enforceable terms and conditions of employment for employees; and

                     (c)  must be economically sustainable, and promote flexible modern work practices and the efficient and productive performance of work; and

                     (d)  must be in a form that is appropriate for a fair and productive workplace relations system that promotes collective enterprise bargaining but does not provide for statutory individual employment agreements; and

                     (e)  must result in a certain, stable and sustainable modern award system for Australia.