Three-Tiered Wage Determination System (1 Viewer)

[GaDaMIt]

The Three Tiers of Wage Determination

· Industrial Award – A continuation of the traditional system for those workers unsuccessful in negotiating an enterprise agreement
This system provides a safety net of minimum wages and working conditions, based on the 20 allowable matters. (refer to page 166 for a list)
· Certified Agreement – Enterprise bargaining agreement between an employer and a group of employees
The role of the AIRC in the creating of certified agreements is to apply the ‘no disadvantage test’ which ensures no employee is worse off compared to the corresponding award.
· Australian Workplace Agreement – individual contracts negotiated between the employer and employee
Once an AWA is negotiated, it must be lodged with the Office of the Employment Advocate, who applies a ‘community standards test’ which ensures that the employee is not worse off, compared to the relevant award.


Those are from my accelerated friends notes from last year

My question is just..

Are they still the same currently with the new IR reforms introduced by the howard government? is so.. thanks .. if not .. what are the changes that have occured? and thanks

 

[GaDaMIt]

thanks alot for that !!

anyways, one more thing that the answer to has elluded me

whats the deal with Certified Agreements currently? Do they still exist? Or are they just a minority now with AWA's winning over?

 

[GaDaMIt]

Any existing federal certified agreement continues to apply/operate under the new system as pre-reform certified agreement (PRCA) until terminated or another workplace agreement is made.

Ok sorry, i admit i should have made myself a bit clearer

What i fail to grasp is that IR reforms are based around making individuals bargain their contracts EDIT: individually /EDIT with employers; and CA's = Group/Enterprise bargaining.. so whats the deal with this? Does enterprise bargaining still exist (other than as you mentioned PRCA) in the Australian economy?

 

[GaDaMIt]

There is still room for bargaining of conditions. See here for information on WorkChoices and employee collective agreements. It should explain it to you in depth and enable you to understand the system.

Okay thanks heaps for all your help WW

Just one last question; making sure i understand that most recent link. The big difference in relation to CA's is that under the new IR reforms "Unions cannot be bound to an employee collective agreement". Correct?

 

[GaDaMIt]

What is the role of the ACTU now?