Find Australian federal workplace award information as well as employment contracts requirements here. Awards are an integral part of the Australian industrial relations system. An award is made by the federal industrial tribunal, Fair Work Australia, or by a State industrial tribunal in relation to workers who are not covered by the federal system. It sets out the employment conditions of the workers which it covers. From 1 January 2010, a system of modern awards replaced previous federal awards and NAPSAs, which were the mechanism whereby a number of state awards had been brought into the federal system under the previous WorkChoices legislation). Modern awards typically cover an industry or a particular occupation. A modern award can provide conditions which are more favourable than the National Employment Standards (NES) which operate in conjunction with modern awards.
