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What are employees entitled to?

Employees have certain entitlements under the Industrial Relations Act 1999 and access to certain provisions if these are provided for in the award or agreement which may cover their job.

However, there are a number of provisions which are not covered under the Industrial Relations Act 1999 (PDF, 1.9 MB) and which are generally not provided for in awards (with some exceptions).

The introduction of any such provision in the workplace is a discretionary matter for the employer, which means that:

the employer does not have to introduce such a provision
if the employer does decide to introduce such a provision, they may choose to introduce it in a variety of ways

Last updated 21 July 2009

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