Top 10 Labour and Employment Headlines from Asia Pacific Mr Perera’s employer leased and occupied the fifth floor of a building. The leased premises included a common area immediately in front of shopfronts forming the façade of the ground floor of the building. One of the major changes brought in by the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) is that bargaining for an enterprise agreement must be in "good faith". The highly anticipated draft Model OHS Laws were released on 28 September 2009, giving us our first glimpse of what the harmonised regime may look like. Employers may need to seek legal advice on the interpretation of the terms of any collective or certified agreements (now called enterprise agreements under the Fair Work Act 2009) and how they interact with terms in the contract of employment. Recent amendments to the Migration Act and regulations, along with the imminent commencement of the new federal safety net under the Fair Work Act, highlight a number of issues for consideration by employers in documenting terms and conditions of employment for foreign nationals engaged to work in Australia under Subclass 457- Business (Long Stay) visas. On 27 October 2009, the Queensland Minister for Industrial Relations, Cameron Dick, introduced legislation into Parliament that aims to refer the State’s industrial relations powers for the private sector to the Commonwealth. Generally speaking they contain the standard model superannuation clause, a draft of which was previously published by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. Since 1 July 2009, there has been a flurry of activity in the area of workplace relations, as various provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act) commence. Leave to appeal was sought from an Arbitrator’s decision in the Workers Compensation Commission (Commission) by the appellant, Mr Lawrence-Plant (Appellant). On August 24, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation (the "SAT") issued the Notice on Individual Income Tax Issues Concerning Stock Incentives, Guo Shui Han [2009] No. 461. | 
