Bill
Fair Work Amendment (Ten Days Paid Domestic and Family Violence Leave) Bill 2020 [No. 2]
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Jenny McAllister
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2020-12-09
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2020-12-09.
This bill would change the existing five days of unpaid domestic and family violence leave in the Fair Work Act to ten days of paid leave.
It would require employers to pay employees at their base rate for the hours they would have worked during the leave period.
The entitlement would be available in full at the start of each 12-month period and would not carry over from year to year.
- Increase the leave from five unpaid days to ten paid days.
- Set the pay at the employee's base rate for their usual work hours.
- Allow employees and employers to agree on extra paid or unpaid leave beyond the ten days.
- Broaden the reasons for taking the leave to include practical safety steps.
- Strengthen confidentiality rules for handling employee information.
All national system employees, including casual, part-time and full-time workers.
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