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NECA posted its submission to the Inquiry Into the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 (Bill) to Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on 23 April 2014. The Bill proposes a number of amendments to the Fair Work Act 2010. In its submission, NECA supports amendments that remove the requirement to pay annual leave loading on accrued annual leave when an employee resigns or is terminated, that exclude employees from accruing annual leave when absent on workers compensation, that allow non monetary benefits to be taken into account when assessing Individual Flexibility Agreements (IFAs) against the better off overall test, that increases the notice period to terminate an IFA from 28 days to 90 days and that prevent unions from taking protected industrial action before bargaining for a new agreement has commenced. NECA opposes amendments that require an employer to discuss a request for extended parental leave with the employee and to notify all relevant unions when negotiating Greenfields Agreements.

Click here to view NECA's submission to the Inquiry into the Fair work Amendment Bill 2014

Further information is available from Gordon Jervis on (02)9744 1099 or gordon.jervis@neca.asn.au