Whether you are an IR practitioner or an HR Manager, Thomson can help you stay up to date with the changes coming from the new Rudd Labor government.

For an overview of the proposed changes, as published in the latest bulletins to our National Workplace Relations service, click here.

Forward with Fairness: Amending Act and Regulations, March 2008

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008, No 8 of 2008; Royal Assent: 20 March 2008; Commencement by proclamation: 27 March 2008.
• Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations 2008 (No 1), SLI 2008 No. 38
• Workplace Relations Amendment Regulations 2008 (No 2), SLI 2008 No. 39

Other useful links:

• AFPC Minimum Wage Review 2008

Forward with Fairness: background

• Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008
• Government's proposed amendments to the Forward with Fairness Transition Bill in the Senate, 18 March
• Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
• Explanatory Memorandum for Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008
• Second Reading Speech by Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion (from p8 of the document; p24 of the pdf file)
• Inquiry into the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008
• Bills Digest on the Transition to Forward with Fairness Bill
• Background Note on Unfair Dismissal, available from the Parliamentary Library, 11 March
• Discussion Paper: National Employment Standards Exposure Draft, released 14 February 2008. Submissions due by 4 April 2008

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