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NSW moves to national industrial relations system

NSW will join the national industrial relations system from next year, cutting red tape for more than 200,000 of the State’s mall businesses and charities.

Following negotiations with the Commonwealth, the NSW Government has agreed to participate in the national IR system, Fair Work Australia.

The decision means that, from January 2010, the Commonwealth’s Fair Work Act will cover every employer and employee in the private sector in NSW. About half a million workers in the private sector in NSW will come under the umbrella of the national IR system from next year.

The decision includes the following arrangements:

  • Seven members of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission will be appointed to Fair Work Australia;
  • Fair Work Australia will be located in the Hunter and the Illawarra as well as Sydney; and
  • The Fair Work Ombudsman and the NSW Office of Industrial Relations will work together for a period of 3½ years to ensure that employers and employees know their rights and responsibilities in the national system.

The NSW Government will introduce an urgent Bill into Parliament for the referral of industrial relations powers to the Commonwealth.

Super hurdles cleared

An Australian Federal Government superannuation clearing house service will be available for small businesses with less than 20 employees from July, 2010. The free service will be provided through Medicare Australia and is aimed to cut red tape.

To meet their choice of superannuation fund obligations, small businesses face the time and paperwork burden of paying contributions into numerous funds. The clearing house will cut this burden by enabling small businesses to pay their contributions electronically to a single location.

TechVouchers – Tap into leading research and knowledge

TechVouchers is a $1.4 million pilot program that aims to help small to medium-sized NSW businesses tap into the wealth of world leading research and knowledge available through our universities and research organisations.
It also assists in research institutes’ efforts to build partnerships with business, connect research with end users and tap into new avenues of financial support.
The end result is a more innovative NSW industry sector and a stronger, more connected knowledge sector.
TechVouchers will provide two funding streams to support business and research collaboration in NSW:
  • TechVouchers will provide up to $15,000 for business to access technical research infrastructure and expertise for building more clever, innovative and efficient practices;
  • TechVoucher Connectors will provide financial support for public research organisations to employ ‘connectors’ to better meet the research requirements of industry.
The TechVouchers program was announced by the Minister for Science and Medical Research on 3 September 2009 and is now open for applications.
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