WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 578 Simplified outline
This legislation has been repealed.
WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 578
Simplified outline(1) Division 2 describes the transmission of business situation this Part is designed to deal with. It identifies the old employer , the new employer , the business being transferred , the time of transmission and the transferring employees .
(2) Divisions 3 to 6 deal with the transmission of particular instruments as follows:
(a) Division 3 deals with the transmission of ITEAs;
(b) Division 4 deals with the transmission of collective agreements;
(c) Division 5 deals with the transmission of awards;
(d) Division 6 deals with the transmission of APCSs.
(3) Division 7 deals with what happens with entitlements under the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard when there is a transmission of business.
(4) Division 8 deals with notification requirements, the lodgment of notices with the Workplace Authority Director and the enforcement of employer obligations by pecuniary penalties.
(5) Division 9 allows regulations to be made to deal with other transmission of business issues.