There have been clarifications to redundancy and other award terms in the:
- Manufacturing Award
- Timber Award.
This is part of the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Award Review.
This applies from the first full pay period that starts on or after 2 May 2022.
Manufacturing Award
The redundancy clause in the Manufacturing Award has been rewritten in plain English to help small business employers determine if their employees are entitled to the ‘furnishing employees of small business employers’ redundancy pay. These wording clarifications include:
- stating that it applies to the furnishing employees of small businesses
- explaining the type of work an employee performs as a furnishing employee.
Timber Award
The redundancy clause in the Timber Award is now written in plain English.
Updates include:
- removing references that exclude ‘weekly piecework employees’ in the redundancy pay entitlements clause for small business
- moving the ‘payment by results – wood and timber furniture stream’ provision to the minimum rates clause as ‘payment by results’ is a way to pay an employee rather than an employment category.
Other changes to both awards
The Fair Work Commission also updated the wording of the following award clauses in both awards:
- award flexibility (now called individual flexibility arrangements)
- consultation (now called consultation about major workplace change)
- dispute resolution
- termination of employment.
These changes don’t affect award entitlements or obligations.
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