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Fair Work for Small Business
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
A new free resource is available to small businesses to assist in them to understand their rights and obligations under the Commonwealth Government's new Fair Work Act.
Small business owners from around Australia can now access a complete range of information designed to help them comply with the new employment laws.
The Fair Work for Small Business website Fair Work for Small Business makes available a suite of modules including two minute quick videos, thirty minute videos and downloadable summary papers that serve as a useful reference guide. These educational modules are presented in different ways to suit individuals' preferred styles of learning. Later this month, videos will be available on the website in Arabic, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese, Greek and Cantonese.
Please visit the website and consider directing small businesses from your area to this free resource. Feel free to use material from this email, or from the website, in newsletters or other electorate communication.
Fact Sheet - Fair Work for Small Business
What is Fair Work for Small Business?
Fair Work for Small Business is an online destination for small businesses to learn about the new Fair Work Act and how it affects their business.
Who is involved?
Fair Work for Small Business is an initiative of the Council of Small Business of Australia, with Workforce Guardian and Telstra Business. The Australian Government under the Fair Work Education and Information program through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations funds Fair Work for Small Business.
What is our purpose?
We have taken the hard work out of understanding the thousands of pages in the new Fair Work Act by condensing it into simple, easy-to-understand language everyone can apply to their business and access freely online. We want to reach small business owners and operators and give them tools to enable them to navigate the rules and compliance obligations of the Fair Work Act through free online guides, live webinars and community forums. We have received feedback that the site is proving to be a valuable fact-based tool for employees, as well as employers.
How is the Fair Work Act explained?
Fair Work for Small Business has broken down what small business owners and operators need to know about the new Fair Work Act into five easily digestible modules: a Fair Work Act Overview, Unfair Dismissal, Fair Work Australia, Compliance and Collective Bargaining.
Each module consists of:
2-minute quick guide - a brief overview of the changes to the Fair Work Act
30-minute webinars -more detailed explanations on how the new Fair Work Act applies to small business
60-minute live webinars - an interactive live presentation with in-depth case studies and examples of the new obligations
Summary papers - helpful point-by-point information downloadable as a PDF file
FAQs section - Fair Work Act related questions answered in simple, easy-to-understand language
All information and online guides on the site are free to access.
What are the other key features of Fair Work for Small Business?
Fair Work for Small Business also hosts a moderated community forum where small business owners and operators can discuss the Fair Work Act and ask questions of Workforce Guardian Employee Relations experts. Small business owners and operators can also receive updates on the Fair Work Act by signing up for the free Fair Work for Small Business newsletters.
What is next for Fair Work for Small Business?
To make the content even more accessible to Australian small businesses, information from the Fair Work for Small Business portal will be interpreted into six languages in the coming month: Arabic, Cantonese, Greek, Italian, Mandarin and Vietnamese.
For those confused about whether their business qualifies as a ‘small business' under the complex rules of the Fair Work Act, the Small Business Calculator Guide is currently under development to help calculate and determine whether the business is ‘small' for the purposes of applying the new laws.
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