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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 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.