Bill
Fair Work Laws Amendment (Proper Use of Worker Benefits) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25. Industrial Relations portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industrial Relations
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-08-01
- second reading — 2019-09-09
- second reading — 2019-09-10
- second reading — 2019-09-10
- third reading — 2019-09-10
- introduced — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
- The majority voted against an amendment to the usual [second reading](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion "*that the bills be read a second time*", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. Since this vote was unsuccessful, the second reading motion will remain unchanged. ### Amendment text > *The House:* > > *(1) declines to give the bill a second reading; and* > > *(2) notes that:* > >> *(a) this Government has not proposed legislation to deal with important workplace relations matters, such as wage theft, flat lining wages growth, or deaths in the workplace;* >> >> *(b) this bill and the Act it seeks to amend represent an inconsistent approach by the Government to responding to Royal Commissions; and* >> >> *(c) instead of protecting workers from wage theft, the Government has determined to attack the worker entitlement funds that guarantee workers’ entitlements are paid.* — 2019-09-10, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 69, noes 77
- The majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a [second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill and means that the House can now discuss it in more detail. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bill's homepage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6347), the bill was introduced to: * *prohibit terms of a modern award or an enterprise agreement requiring or permitting contributions for the benefit of an employee to be made to any fund other than a superannuation fund, a registered worker entitlement fund or a registered charity;* * *require any term of a modern award or enterprise agreement that names a worker entitlement fund or insurance product to provide for an employee to choose another fund or insurance product;* * *prohibit any term of a modern award, enterprise agreement or contract of employment permitting or requiring employee contributions to an election fund for an industrial association;* * *prohibit any action with the intent to coerce an employer to pay amounts to a particular worker entitlement fund, superannuation fund, training fund, welfare fund or employee insurance scheme;* * *require registered organisations to have written financial management policies that have been approved by the committee of management;* * *require registered organisations to report certain loans, grants and donations;* * *require specific disclosure by registered organisations of the financial benefits obtained by them and persons linked to them in connection with employee insurance products, welfare fund arrangements and training fund arrangements; and* * *introduce a range of new penalties relating to compliance by registered organisations with financial management, disclosure and reporting requirements.* — 2019-09-10, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 76, noes 69
Plain-language summary
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Sources
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