- exempting businesses with fewer than 100 employees from unfair dismissal laws
- the aboloition of the no disadvantage test which current agreements must meet to be approved, and the introduction of a lesser standard, the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard.
Employees in organisations of up to 100 staff will be excluded from using the unfair dismissal laws. They will have no protection from unfair, unjust or unreasonable dismissal. The will still be covered by the anti-discrimination laws as they apply to dismissal...in other words, you will be able to appeal against dismissal if it is on racial, religious, sexual or family commitments graounds.
Abolition of the No Disadvantage Test means that the new agreements only have to state a minimum wage and the legislated conditions of annula leave, personal leave, parental leave and the maximum number of ordinary hours. At the moment the test checks that a staff member will not be any worse off, taking into account their current overall conditions including overtime or leave loadings.
Based on an article in Jobwatching, June 2005, published by JobWatch Inc.