WorkChoices was the name given to changes made to the federal industrial relations laws in Australia by the Howard government in 2005, being amendments...

Priceline division shed 32 workers for "operational reasons" under the new WorkChoices Legislation. One of these workers, Andrew Cruickshank, a store layout...

called the WorkChoices case) is a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia, which held that the federal government's WorkChoices legislation...

industrial relations including WorkChoices at the National Press Club in Canberra. Hockey argued that Labor's policy to drop Workchoices was Australia's biggest...

Work Choice is a voluntary Department for Work and Pensions programme "which helps disabled people with more complex issues find work and stay in a job"...

the AIRC dealt with unfair dismissal applications. In 2006, under the WorkChoices laws effected at the end of 2005, the role of the AIRC was redefined...

and Conditions Standard) under the WorkChoices legislation. As most Australian employees are covered by the Fair Work Act, the National Employment Standards...

Replacing the Howard government's WorkChoices legislation, the Act established Fair Work Australia, later renamed the Fair Work Commission. As the core piece...

office, his government introduced industrial relations reforms known as WorkChoices, which proved controversial and unpopular with the public. The Howard...

original Act, bringing in the WorkChoices changes to Australian labour law. The Act was repealed on 1 July 2009 by the Fair Work Act 2009 passed by the Rudd...

cent, or 250, of the total 6,263 AWAs lodged during April 2006 after WorkChoices was introduced, that: 100% removed at least one protected Award condition;...

agreements, but the enactment of the WorkChoices reform will make such agreements less likely to occur. Since the Fair Work Act was enacted, parties to Australian...

now-repealed WorkChoices legislation. The law was repealed by the Labor Party after their victory in the 2007 election, but Labor's Fair Work Act, which...

and had a turnover of A$600 million. It used the Howard government's WorkChoices legislation to entice its employees to accept Australian workplace agreements...

for the WorkChoices legislation following their defeat in the federal election. However Nelson said he would not support undoing WorkChoices. Brendan...

the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005, which amended the Workplace Relations Act 1996. WorkChoices continued to be unpopular after they...

The WorkChoices case [2006] HCA 52 at [50], [131]-[133] per Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon & Crennan JJ. Aroney, N (2008). "Constitutional Choices in...

Re Dingjan; Ex parte Wagner, and New South Wales v Commonwealth (the WorkChoices Case). Section 43 of the Trade Practices Act 1965-1969 (Cth) made certain...

part of the Howard government's WorkChoices amendments to Australian labour law in 2006 and then abolished by the Fair Work Act 2009 in 2010. The five statutory...

extensive discussion of how far the "corporations" power might extend. The WorkChoices case provides the current definition for the extent of the corporations...

lasting way, but was instrumental in the Rudd government's repeal of WorkChoices legislation and the passage of the economic stimulus package, as well...

The "fairness test" was a central concept of the WorkChoices industrial relations laws that operated in Australia from 2006 to 2010. It was implemented...

employees to work on that day. Employers can deny employees a holiday only on reasonable business grounds.[citation needed] From 2006, WorkChoices eliminated...

formed part of the 2006 WorkChoices amendments to Australian labour law. These instruments were abolished when the Fair Work Act 2009 commenced operation...

Washington Post. Retrieved June 7, 2023. "House of Reps seals 'death' of WorkChoices". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-03-19. Archived...

loss to Merivale, Justice Thawley in the Federal Court ruled that the WorkChoices agreement was not validly approved. On 6 March 2024, Merivale, agreed...

NSW v Commonwealth (WorkChoices case) [2006] HCA 52, (2006) 229 CLR 1. Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). "16. Employment—The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)". Australian...

increasingly common due to the changes in federal labour law that the WorkChoices Act created. It limits the collective bargaining agreements that parties...

held the seat since 1984. Cheeseman attributed his win to opposition to WorkChoices, the Liberal government's industrial relations laws. Cheeseman was only...

employment minister was responsible for the government's controversial WorkChoices reforms to industrial relations. After the Coalition's defeat at the...