4Guide to this Act

4 Guide to this Act

Overview of this Act

(1) This Act is about workplace relations. It:

(a) provides for terms and conditions of employment (Chapter 2); and

(b) sets out rights and responsibilities of employees, employers and organisations in relation to that employment (Chapter 3); and

(ba) provides for minimum terms and conditions for regulated workers (Chapter 3A); and

(bb) sets out measures to deal with unfair terms of services contracts (Chapter 3A); and

(bc) provides for minimum terms and conditions for persons in a road transport contractual chain (Chapter 3B); and

(c) provides for compliance with, and enforcement of, this Act (Chapter 4); and

(d) provides for the administration of this Act by establishing the Fair Work Commission and the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman (Chapter 5); and

(e) deals with other matters relating to the above (Chapter 6).

Overview of the rest of this Chapter

(2) The rest of this Chapter deals with:

(a) definitions that are used in this Act (Part 1‑2); and

(b) the application of this Act (Part 1‑3), including how this Act interacts with certain State and Territory laws and its geographical application;

(c) certain matters relating to the road transport industry (Part 1‑4).

Definitions

(3) Many of the terms in this Act are defined. The Dictionary in section 12 contains a list of every term that is defined in this Act.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for amendments

(4) Schedule 1 contains application, saving and transitional provisions relating to amendments of this Act.