What is a workplace determination?
The workplace is an organizationally indivisible (in given specific conditions) link of the production process, served by one or more workers, designed to perform one or more production or service operations.
Now it is a collection of factors, culture, technology, furniture, organization and rules. Here’s a great article on workplace productivity if you’re interested.
• Low paid • Industrial action related; and • Bargaining related Factors that Fair Work Australia must take into account in deciding which terms to include in a workplace determination include: • the merits of the case • the interests of the employers and employees • how productivity might be improved in the enterprise or enterprises concerned • the public interest • the conduct of the bargaining representatives. Low-paid workplace determinations Bargaining representatives for a proposed agreement, or a relevant union, may apply for a low-paid authorisation in relation to a proposed multi-enterprise agreement. FWA must take into account a range of factors, including whether making the determination would assist low-paid employees who have not had access to collective bargaining or who face substantial difficulty bargaining at the enterprise level. If a low-paid authorisation is in place and one or more of those bargaining are unable to reach agreement, Fair Work Australia may make a lo
