Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Same Job, Same Pay) Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. (s) ALBANESE, Anthony, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Anthony Albanese
- Portfolio
- (s) ALBANESE, Anthony, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-11-22
- second reading — 2021-11-22
- second reading — 2021-11-29
- other — 2022-04-11
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 2021-11-22.
This bill would change the Fair Work Act so that workers hired through labour hire companies must be paid at least as much as directly hired workers doing the same job.
It would stop labour hire firms from undercutting pay rates set by enterprise agreements, which the government says has been used to cut costs and exploit workers.
Small businesses with fewer than 15 employees or meeting a tax law definition would be exempt from the new rules.
- Requires labour hire workers to receive the same pay as directly employed workers doing the same or similar work.
- Exempts small businesses from the new pay equality requirement.
- Protects the integrity of enterprise agreements by preventing wage arbitrage through labour hire arrangements.
Workers employed through labour hire companies, their host employers, and labour hire businesses.
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