Fair Work Act 2009
E626693
The Fair Work Act 2009 is Australia’s primary workplace relations law, setting out the national framework for employment conditions, rights, and obligations for employers and employees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fair Work Act 2009 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6893602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fair Work Act 2009 Context triple: [Australian Public Service, hasLegalFramework, Fair Work Act 2009]
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A.
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is a key UK statute that consolidates and sets out the main rules governing social security benefits and National Insurance contributions.
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B.
Jobseekers Act 1995
The Jobseekers Act 1995 is a UK law that reformed unemployment benefits and introduced the framework for Jobseeker’s Allowance, linking financial support to active job search requirements.
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C.
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 is a key Australian law that sets prudential and governance standards for superannuation funds to protect members’ retirement savings.
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D.
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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E.
Labour Exchanges Act 1909
The Labour Exchanges Act 1909 was a key piece of early 20th-century British social reform that created state-run employment offices to help match workers with available jobs and reduce unemployment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fair Work Act 2009 Target entity description: The Fair Work Act 2009 is Australia’s primary workplace relations law, setting out the national framework for employment conditions, rights, and obligations for employers and employees.
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A.
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is a key UK statute that consolidates and sets out the main rules governing social security benefits and National Insurance contributions.
-
B.
Jobseekers Act 1995
The Jobseekers Act 1995 is a UK law that reformed unemployment benefits and introduced the framework for Jobseeker’s Allowance, linking financial support to active job search requirements.
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C.
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
The Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 is a key Australian law that sets prudential and governance standards for superannuation funds to protect members’ retirement savings.
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D.
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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E.
Labour Exchanges Act 1909
The Labour Exchanges Act 1909 was a key piece of early 20th-century British social reform that created state-run employment offices to help match workers with available jobs and reduce unemployment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
ⓘ
workplace relations law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Australian Government
NERFINISHED
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Fair Work Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Fair Work Ombudsman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
most private sector employees in Australia
ⓘ
national workplace relations system ⓘ |
| commencementDate | 2009-07-01 ⓘ |
| containsPart |
Compliance and enforcement provisions
ⓘ
Enterprise bargaining provisions ⓘ General protections provisions ⓘ Modern awards provisions ⓘ National Employment Standards provisions NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfair dismissal provisions ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| defines | National Employment Standards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishes |
Fair Work Commission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fair Work Divisions of the Federal Court and Federal Circuit and Family Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Fair Work Ombudsman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
good faith bargaining requirements
ⓘ
provisions on annual leave ⓘ provisions on flexible working arrangements ⓘ provisions on maximum weekly hours ⓘ provisions on notice of termination and redundancy pay ⓘ provisions on parental leave ⓘ provisions on personal and carers leave ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislature | Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act relating to workplace relations, and for related purposes ⓘ |
| prohibits |
adverse action for exercising workplace rights
ⓘ
coercion in relation to industrial activities ⓘ |
| protects |
freedom of association
ⓘ
workplace rights ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote national economic prosperity and social inclusion
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to provide a balanced framework for cooperative and productive workplace relations ⓘ |
| regulates |
enterprise agreements
ⓘ
general protections ⓘ industrial action ⓘ minimum employment conditions ⓘ modern awards ⓘ right of entry ⓘ transfer of business ⓘ unfair dismissal ⓘ |
| replaced | Workplace Relations Act 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 2009-04-07 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Fair Work Act 2009 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
employment law
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industrial relations ⓘ workplace relations ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 2009 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fair Work Act 2009 Description of subject: The Fair Work Act 2009 is Australia’s primary workplace relations law, setting out the national framework for employment conditions, rights, and obligations for employers and employees.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.