Fair Work Legislation

The Fair Work legislation commences progressively from 1 July 2009. It provides the rules and regulations for the new Federal workplace relations regime in Australia.

The legislation now gives parents of under-school age children the right to request flexible working arrangements, which employers can only refuse on reasonable business grounds. Employees with more than 12 months service qualify for this right.

Next Phase Recruitment can assist employers in establishing application and approval processes for these requests, and also with the implementation and evaluation of flexible work arrangements once approved.

The following articles provide more information: Fair Work Bill 2008, Flexibility requests.