Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2018-10-16. (s) BANDT, Adam, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Adam Bandt
- Portfolio
- (s) BANDT, Adam, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-26
- second reading — 2018-03-26
- other — 2018-10-16
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 2018-03-26.
The bill would let casual and rolling contract employees ask their employer to switch to ongoing part-time or full-time work.
Employers must respond in writing within 21 days, and if they refuse, they must give a reason; the Fair Work Commission can then issue a secure employment order.
Small businesses are exempt for genuine short-term casuals employed up to three months at a time, but the Commission can act if the exemption is misused.
- Creates a process for insecure workers to request ongoing employment.
- Allows the Fair Work Commission to issue secure employment orders when requests are refused.
- Gives unions the ability to apply for orders regulating insecure work independently of employee requests.
- Exempts genuine short-term casuals in small businesses from the process.
- Empowers the Fair Work Commission to regulate exempt casuals if small businesses misuse the exemption.
Casual and rolling contract employees, their employers, unions, and the Fair Work Commission.
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