Bill
Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-02-22. Prime Minister portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Prime Minister
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-02-09
- second reading — 2022-02-09
- second reading — 2022-02-10
- second reading — 2022-02-10
- third reading — 2022-02-10
- introduced — 2022-02-10
- second reading — 2022-02-15
- second reading — 2022-02-15
- second reading — 2022-02-15
- third reading — 2022-02-15
- passed — 2022-02-15
- royal assent — 2022-02-22
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 2022-02-09.
This bill would put into law several changes from the Jenkins Report on workplace culture in federal politics.
It would require written reasons when a politician dismisses a staff member and confirm that safety laws apply to politicians.
The bill would also extend age and disability discrimination protections to parliamentary staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.
- Require written reasons for termination of employment under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.
- Clarify that parliamentarians have work health and safety duties as 'officers' under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
- Extend the Age Discrimination Act 2004 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to cover staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.
Federal politicians and their staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.
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