The Federal Government has released the Fair Work Information Statement (FWIS).

The FWIS can be downloaded from Fair Work Online at http://www.fairwork.gov.au.

The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act) requires that a copy of the FWIS be given to all new employees who commence employment after 1 January 2010. For casual employees, who may be engaged a number of times during the course of any year, the employer is only required to provide the FWIS once in any 12 month period.

Penalties of up to $6,600 for individuals and $33,000 for corporations apply for failure to comply.

Further details are available from Mondaq.