The Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 (the Transition Act) Act was passed by Parliament on 19 March 2008 and came into force on 28 March 2008.
The Transition Act is the first step in the process of winding back WorkChoices reforms, and reasserting the importance of collective bargaining in the industrial relations system at the expense of individual employment arrangements.
The main industrial relations legislation is due to be finalised by the end of 2008.