Pharmacy Daily | Changes to the Fair Work Act

The Federal Government has legislated what it calls family friendly changes to the Fair Work Act 2009. These changes started on 1 July 2013. The changes mean that: • more groups of employees now have the right to request flexible working arrangements, including: - employees with caring responsibilities - parents or guardians of children that are school age or younger - employees with disability - employees who are 55 years or older - employees who are experiencing family violence or who are caring or supporting a family or household member who is experiencing family violence. • there is a non-exhaustive list of ‘reasonable business grounds’ for an employer to refuse a request for flexible working arrangements • pregnant women can transfer to a safe job even if they haven’t worked for their employer for 12 months • employees can take special maternity leave without it reducing the amount of unpaid parental leave they can take • employee couples can take up to 8 weeks unpaid parental leave at the same time (increasing from 3 weeks)

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