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Summary of employment law 1990 - 2010
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Enterprise bargaining and Industrial Relations Court of Australia introduced
Industrial Relations Reform Act introduces enterprise bargaining and establishes the Industrial Relations Court of Australia -
Workplace Relations Act introduced
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act is introduced and changes the name of the Industrial Relations Act to the Workplace Relations Act. It transfers jurisdiction of the Industrial Relations Court to other courts, mainly the Federal Court. It also enforces voluntary unionism, allows non union contracts between employers and workers and allows individual contracts (Australian Workplace Agreements). -
Centrelink established
Centrelink (Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997) replaces Commonwealth Employment Service (established 1946). -
Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business established
Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business is established and replaces the Department of Industrial Relations. -
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business established
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business is established. It replaces the Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business. -
Public Service Act 1999 established
Public Service Act 1999 replaces Public Service Act 1902. A Parliamentary Service Act covers parliamentary department staff. -
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations established
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is established and replaces the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations. -
Work Choices established
Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 rewrites the Workplace Relations Act. It takes control of workplace relations within companies nationwide, it creates the Australian Fair Pay Commission, and it extends individual workplace agreements. -
Australian Fair Pay Commission announces its first minimum wage decision
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High Court challenges Work Choices Legislation
High Court challenges Work Choices legislation. The Court decides the Commonwealth can legislate for corporations' employees. -
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations established
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations renamed Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations -
Fair Work Act 2009 established
Fair Work Act 2009 and related acts replaces Workplace Relations Act.