Business Briefings—is your business ready for IR changes?
 AFEI Business Briefings continue throughout June and July.
Some sessions are already booked out, but we have added new sessions where possible.
Book now at a convenient location so you don't miss out on the remaining sessions.
The Briefings will provide:
- More complete details of the Fair Work Act to help you plan your future employee relations strategies, administration and budgets.
- Better information on a wider range of the new Modern Awards.
- Discussion on the draft model, harmonised, national OHS legislation.
- Discussion on developments in the economy and the impact on Australian businesses.
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Fair Work laws start 1 July 2009
 The institutional parts of the Fair Work regime have now been created in law, including the central body of the new industrial relations system, Fair Work Australia (FWA). The remaining substantive parts of the new system are expected to start on 1 July 2009, with the exception of the modern award system and the national employment standards (NES), which are expected to begin at the start of 2010.
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Facebook face-off
 Does online ‘social networking' help or hinder productivity? Some employers have responded to their employees use of social networking sites by letting them access the sites at work, or even use them as a way to communicate with colleagues. But how do employers feel about the wishes of their, predominantly young, employees to use work time, and equipment, to socialise? And what are the privacy issues?
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Award modernisation: AFEI transition submissions
AFEI has made a submission to the AIRC on transitional provisions for modern awards. When the award modernisation process was introduced, the Federal Government said that modern awards were not intended to increase costs for employers or disadvantage employees.
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Want to know more about insolvency?
Insolvency is defined under Australian corporations law as the inability to pay debts that are due to be paid. You are most likely to be affected by insolvency if you are the director of an insolvent company or the creditor of an insolvent company. Either way there are some important issues you must consider.
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