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ARTICLE · 23 NOVEMBER 2006

Workplace Relations Update, November 2006

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The High Court of Australia has today handed down the much-anticipated decision on the challenge brought by the States and unions in relation to the validity of WorkChoices.The High Court has, by a 5:2 majority comprising Chief Justice Gleeson and Justices Gummow, Hayne, Heydon and Crennan, dismissed the challenge to the validity of WorkChoices stating that "the plaintiffs' several challenges to the validity of the Amending Act (WorkChoices) all fail" and upheld WorkChoices in its entirety.

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Contents

  • High Court rules WorkChoices is here to stay

  • Did you know.... the Australian Fair Pay Commission recently handed down a decision increasing the Federal Minimum Wage

  • WorkChoices – more tinkering

  • Victorian Long Service Leave

  • It's time to review those employment policies

  • Court of Appeal warns employers about OH&S Obligations

High Court rules WorkChoices is here to stay

The High Court of Australia has today handed down the much-anticipated decision on the challenge brought by the States and unions in relation to the validity of WorkChoices.

The High Court has, by a 5:2 majority comprising Chief Justice Gleeson and Justices Gummow, Hayne, Heydon and Crennan, dismissed the challenge to the validity of WorkChoices stating that "the plaintiffs' several challenges to the validity of the Amending Act (WorkChoices) all fail" and upheld WorkChoices in its entirety.

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