Announcement - Amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1996
7 March 2007
During 2006 a number of amendments were made to the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (the Act).
The Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2006 inserted Part 8A into the Schedules to the Act. Under this amending legislation a number of awards became deemed enterprise agreements and an obligation was imposed on the Industrial Registrar to publish details of such matters. On 26 January 2007 the Industrial Registrar caused to be published in the Industrial Gazette an Instrument dealing with this matter. Click here to access that instrument.
The Industrial Relations Further Amendment Act 2006, amongst other matters
o transferred the injured workers provisions previously contained in the Act to the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
Those provisions provide an injured worker with worker with the remedy of reinstatement if that worker is dismissed from employment because the worker is not fit for employment because of that injury.
A new form has been designed to reflect this amendment to the legislation. Click here to access a copy of that form.
Mick Grimson
Industrial Registrar
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