Benefits of Workplace Agreements

Here are just a few of the benefits of introducing a workplace agreement into your business.

1. The introduction of the Fairness Test without notice or consultation is, in itself, an excellent example of why agreements are still the best option for your business.  Workplace relations is an ever-changing area of law and each time there is a change to the legislation this directly affects your business.  A workplace agreement allows you to bed down the workplace conditions and wages for your employees for up to 5 years – providing you with certainty. 
   
2. Workplace Agreements allow employers to access a casual loading of 20% for all casual employees.
   
3. With the introduction of the Fairness test, workplace agreements will provide for aggregate flat rates of pay that incorporate loadings for a selection of penalties and allowances found within the award. You can provide your employees with a range of both monetary and non-monetary benefits to offset award provisions.
   
4. You can replace multiple awards and layers of compliance with a single easy to read and understand agreement. 
   
5. Agreements provide you with the opportunity to pay your staff smarter, by linking pay to performance. 
   
6. You can provide your employees with greater opportunities for work and for career progression. 
   
7. Agreements can provide better access to training improving your service standards. 
   
8. Agreements can underpin strategies to help you retain good staff reducing the costs of employment. 
   
9. Agreements are significantly more flexible than award provisions, providing you and your employees with a win-win solution: they are better able to balance their work/life commitments within the operational requirements of your business.
   
10. Consolidation of rates of pay ensures easy prediction of labour costs and the ability to roster on higher numbers of staff at the busier times.

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