AIRC Award modernisation materials now in our Document Search

Fair Work Commission

You can now use our Document Search to find documents from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) award modernisation process that took place from 2008 to 2009.

About the review

The former AIRC reviewed a large number of federal and state awards to create a system of modern awards. The AIRC began the process to make modern awards in March 2008, and by the end of 2009 had reviewed more than 1500 awards and created 122 industry and occupation awards.

The 122 modern awards commenced on 1 January 2010, coinciding with the introduction of the new national workplace relations system.

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