Division
Kate Chaney I move amendments (1) to (6), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table items 8 and 9), omit the table items. (2) Clause 2, page 3 (table item 12), omit the table item. (3) Schedule 1, Part 7, page 63 (line 1) to page 69 (line 14), omit the Part. (4) Schedule 1, Part 10, page 74 (line 1) to page 76 (line 17), omit the Part. (5) Schedule 1, Division 7, page 221 (line 12) to page 222 (line 18), omit the Division. (6) Schedule 1, Division 9, page 222 (line 25) to page 223 (line 2), omit the Division. These amendments propose to remove some parts of the government's bill that extend the reach of union delegates in workplaces. In schedule 1 part 7 the government's bill introduces a series of new rights for union delegates employed in workplaces. This includes any employee acting as a shop steward having uncapped time off for union training; making employers engage with delegates on any matter they wish to raise, even where the matters are fanciful or unrepresentative of the priorities of a majority of employees on site; allowing unions to demand their delegates be given subsidised access to company intranet, office facilities, transport and meeting rooms; and inserting union delegate terms into all modern awards and agreements. My amendments remove these additional union powers. The case has not been made for these changes. They have not been backed by any identified problem to be solved or by specific difficulties experienced by delegates which could not be addressed by working with employers or using the enterprise bargaining system. Schedule 1 part 10 of the government's bill expands the circumstances in which unions can come onto worksites without prior notice. Usually union officials are required to give 24 hours notice of entry to a worksite. There's already an exemption to this if the Fair Work Commission is reasonably satisfied that giving a workplace advance notice of entry might result in the destruction, concealment or alterat
House of Representatives, 2023-11-29. negative: ayes 9, noes 59.
Question
Kate Chaney I move amendments (1) to (6), as circulated in my name, together: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table items 8 and 9), omit the table items. (2) Clause 2, page 3 (table item 12), omit the table item. (3) Schedule 1, Part 7, page 63 (line 1) to page 69 (line 14), omit the Part. (4) Schedule 1, Part 10, page 74 (line 1) to page 76 (line 17), omit the Part. (5) Schedule 1, Division 7, page 221 (line 12) to page 222 (line 18), omit the Division. (6) Schedule 1, Division 9, page 222 (line 25) to page 223 (line 2), omit the Division. These amendments propose to remove some parts of the government's bill that extend the reach of union delegates in workplaces. In schedule 1 part 7 the government's bill introduces a series of new rights for union delegates employed in workplaces. This includes any employee acting as a shop steward having uncapped time off for union training; making employers engage with delegates on any matter they wish to raise, even where the matters are fanciful or unrepresentative of the priorities of a majority of employees on site; allowing unions to demand their delegates be given subsidised access to company intranet, office facilities, transport and meeting rooms; and inserting union delegate terms into all modern awards and agreements. My amendments remove these additional union powers. The case has not been made for these changes. They have not been backed by any identified problem to be solved or by specific difficulties experienced by delegates which could not be addressed by working with employers or using the enterprise bargaining system. Schedule 1 part 10 of the government's bill expands the circumstances in which unions can come onto worksites without prior notice. Usually union officials are required to give 24 hours notice of entry to a worksite. There's already an exemption to this if the Fair Work Commission is reasonably satisfied that giving a workplace advance notice of entry might result in the destruction, concealment or alterat
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