Bill
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Protections Against Discrimination) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2023-11-13.
- Sponsor
- Lambie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-11-06
- second reading — 2023-11-06
- second reading — 2023-11-09
- second reading — 2023-11-09
- third reading — 2023-11-09
- introduced — 2023-11-13
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-11-06.
The bill would make experiencing family and domestic violence a protected ground under workplace anti-discrimination law.
It would ban national system employers from taking adverse action, such as reducing hours or demoting, against current or prospective workers because of their experience of family and domestic violence.
The changes would start the day after the bill receives royal assent.
- Adds 'subjection to family and domestic violence' to the list of protected attributes in the Fair Work Act 2009.
- Prohibits modern awards and enterprise agreements from containing terms that discriminate because of a person's experience of family and domestic violence.
- Requires the Fair Work Commission to consider preventing and eliminating discrimination on this ground when exercising its powers.
National system employers, employees, and prospective employees who have experienced family and domestic violence.
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