Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Ten Days Paid Domestic and Family Violence Leave) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2021-08-24. (s) BURNEY, Linda, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Linda Burney
- Portfolio
- (s) BURNEY, Linda, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-07
- second reading — 2020-12-07
- other — 2021-08-24
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 2020-12-07.
The bill would replace five days of unpaid domestic and family violence leave with ten days of paid leave under national workplace standards.
Eligible employees could take the leave at their ordinary hourly rate for the hours they would have worked, with the full ten days available at the start of each 12-month period.
The entitlement would not accumulate across years and would be adjusted proportionally for part-time and casual workers.
- The bill would increase the existing domestic and family violence leave from five days unpaid to ten days paid.
- It would require employers to pay workers at their base rate for the usual hours they would have worked during the leave.
- It would allow workers and employers to agree on additional paid or unpaid leave beyond the ten days.
- It would broaden the reasons for taking the leave to include steps to protect immediate and future safety.
- It would strengthen confidentiality rules to clarify how personal employee information is handled in the workplace.
All types of employees, including casual workers, who experience domestic and family violence and need time off during ordinary work hours.
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