What are modern awards of foreign student in Australia?

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   Modern awards of foreign student in Australia commenced on 1 January 2010, covering most employers and employees in the national workplace relations system.
   Modern awards are industry or occupation-based minimum employment standards which apply in addition to the National Employment Standards (NES).
   
   Most federal (pre-reform) awards, NAPSAs and State reference transitional awards were replaced by modern awards on 1 January 2010. Where these arrangements result in a change in minimum pay rates, loading or penalties, these changes may be phased in under most modern awards.
   
   Division 2B State awards continued to operate up to and including 31 December 2010. Employees to whom a Division 2B State award applied are covered by the relevant modern award from 1 January 2011, however the terms of the Division 2B State award continue to apply until the end of the full pay period commencing before 1 February 2011. Changes in minimum pay rates, loading or penalties may be phased in under most modern awards from the first full pay period on or after 1 February 2011.
   
   Modern awards:
   
   are industry or occupation-based
   cover employers and employees who perform work in the industries or occupations described by a particular modern award
   cover employers and employees in the national workplace relations system
   are legally enforceable.
   Modern awards have been created to:
   
   provide a fair minimum safety net of enforceable terms and conditions of employment for employees which, when combined with the NES:
   is economically sustainable
   promotes flexible modern work practices and the efficient and productive performance of work
   supports a flexible and productive workplace relations system, by promoting collective enterprise bargaining, but not providing for statutory individual employment agreements
   ensures a stable and sustainable modern award system for Australia.

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