Bill
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Boosting Superannuation for Women) Bill 2014
lapsed, as at 2015-06-16.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-12-01
- second reading — 2014-12-01
- other — 2015-06-16
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-12-01.
The bill would let companies pay more into the retirement savings of female staff without breaking sex discrimination rules.
It would add a new part to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 so that employers do not need a special exemption to make these extra payments.
The explanatory memorandum notes that in 2011–12, average superannuation balances were $82,615 for men and $44,866 for women.
- Employers could boost superannuation for women employees without violating the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
- The bill would remove the requirement for employers to apply for an exemption under section 44 of the Act to make higher contributions for women.
- It would insert a new section into the Act to permit this practice.
Employers and women employees covered by the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
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