Franchises have a proved and popular and enduring model for pharmacy. The number and variety of those agreements coming across my desk suggests that the allure of the franchise is not fading and that the model will continue to go from strength to strength. Franchise agreements are notoriously franchisor friendly. As a result of the
The referral by the States of their industrial relations powers to the Commonwealth, earlier this year, means for pharmacy that the employer/employee relationship in most if not all cases is governed by the Commonwealth Fair Work Act 2009 and the Pharmacy Industrial Award 2010. While its Work Choices predecessor precluded unfair dismissal claims against the
The Minister for Health and Ageing has amended the National Health (Australian Community Pharmacy Authority Rules) Determination (“The Rules”). The Determination was made in February and came into effect on the 17th March 2009 and applies to all applications made to the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (“ACPA”) on or after that date.