Modern Awards under the Fair Work Act
Year: 2021
Type: preprint
Abstract: The concept of regulating wages and employment conditions by a network of
industry or (less commonly now) occupational or enterprise-based awards
continues to be a central element of the Australian approach to labour
regulation. However, the modern awards that operate under the Fair Work
legislation are different in purpose, coverage and content to those of the past.
We review some of those differences and consider what the ‘four-yearly’
review of awards (now into its seventh year) can tell us about the role of the
Fair Work Commission in supervising and maintaining what is now conceived
as a ‘safety net’ for national system employees.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Andrew Stewart, Mark Bray
Language: English
Topic: Legal and Labor Studies
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3202031586