Outlined below is a broad outline of the rules and regulations relating to all industrial relations entitlements, rights and obligations for non-award employees.
One of the objectives of the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9MB) is to ensure that wages and employment conditions provide fair standards in relation to living standards prevailing in the community.
Prior to the introduction of the Act Queensland's industrial relations system prescribed wages, hours of work and some leave provisions for employees whose employment was covered by an award or agreement made by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission. However statistics have shown that the employment of approximately 17% of the workforce is not covered by any award or agreement.
From its introduction on 1 July 1999, the Act prescribed a set of general employment conditions that included (among other issues) entitlements to a range of leave provisions for all employees regardless of whether or not their employment was covered by an award or agreement. More recently the Act was amended to provide for the declaration by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission at least once yearly of a Queensland minimum wage applicable to employees whose employment is not otherwise covered by any award or agreement.
The rates of pay in the Queensland minimum wage general ruling combined with the leave entitlements, protections against unfair dismissal and other industrial relations entitlements already provided for in the Act ensure a broad safety net of wages and conditions for all Queensland's workers.
Wageline's fact sheet on non-award employees:
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