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FWC will be "very comfortable" assessing contract fairness: lawyer
As the Fair Work Commission continues to dripfeed information about its new 'unfair contracts' jurisdiction, a lawyer sets out what to expect under its new expanded powers.
Due to begin by 26 August, the new jurisdiction will make it easier for independent contractors to bring claims against employers asserting their contracts are unfair, Kingston Reid partner Christa Lenard tells an HR Daily Premium webcast.
While there is already an Independent Contractors Act, she notes, it is "very rarely used and it is quite inaccessible", and so the Federal Government introduced the new unfair contracts stream within the FWC, to give independent contractors a "faster and certainly cheaper way" of obtaining relief against unfair contract terms...
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