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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR QUEENSLAND EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES:
As you would be aware, since the commencement of the federal government's workplace relations laws on 27 March 2006, employers who are constitutional corporations (including financial or trading corporations, generally Pty Ltds or Limiteds) and their employees have been covered under federal industrial relations jurisdiction.

Non-corporate employers (generally individual sole traders or partnerships) and their employees have continued to operate under Queensland industrial relations jurisdiction.

However, the Queensland Government has now introduced legislation which will refer to the Commonwealth the state's industrial relations powers for the private sector. These changes will operate as from 1 January 2010 and will mean that all employers and employees in Queensland with the exception of state and local government will be covered under a national industrial relations system administered by the Commonwealth Government.

Importantly, the Queensland Government has ensured that safeguards exist so that the national system will operate in the best interests of all Queensland employers and employees.

For further information on these changes you may contact:

Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)(Non-Queensland Government link)
The AIRC operate and manage a database. This site provides information about wages and conditions of employment in Australia for work that is covered by pre-reform federal awards and collective agreements.

Federal Workplace Relations Laws
Since 27 March 2006, the federal workplace relations laws preserved these awards and additionally, workers employed by a constitutional corporation who have transitioned from the state system to the federal system, initially retain their previous conditions of employment under either:

This site provides information about your wages and conditions if you are covered by the new federal workplace relations system.

Fair Work Infoline (Non-Queensland Government link)
A federal government website that provides support and information on federal workplace agreements and lodgement.

Fair Work Ombudsman (Non-Queensland Government link)
An independent federal government agency with the objective of ensuring the rights and obligations of workers and employers under the federal system are understood and enforced fairly.

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