Division
The majority voted against [amendments (1) and (2)](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-11-10.16.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (Greens), which means it failed. ### What do the amendments do? Senator Faruqi [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-11-10.16.1): > *Over the years there have been plenty of examples of businesses that have denied workers their full pay and their full rights. Many big businesses eligible for the JobMaker hiring credit actually have a history of underpaying their staff and their workers, but this scheme, as it stands at the moment, allows public funds to subsidise those same businesses that have been underpaying their staff. Surely no-one in this place can agree that that should be allowed to happen. Our amendments remove eligibility for businesses that are found to be underpaying their workers while receiving the JobMaker hiring credit. Businesses will be required to repay the total sum of the credit they have received. Our amendments also include protections to prevent employers seeking payments from their workers to cover that repayment.* ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 11) , after item 2, insert:* > >> *2A Section 6* >> >> *Insert:* >> >>> *underpaying in relation to an employee: see subsection 7A(4).* >>> >>> *underpayment event: see subsection 7A(3).* > > *(2) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 26), after item 4, insert:* > >> *4A After section 7* >> >> *Insert:* >> >>> *7A Requirements for rules that provide for jobmaker hiring credit scheme — ineligibility for underpaying employees* >>> >>> *(1) This section applies if rules are made for the purposes of subsection 7(1A) that provide for a kind of payment known as the jobmaker hiring credit.* >>> >>> *Ineligibility for underpaying employees* >>> >>> *(2) The rules must provide that an entity is not eligible for the payment if, during the releva
Senate, 2020-11-10. negative: ayes 29, noes 31.
Question
The majority voted against [amendments (1) and (2)](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-11-10.16.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (Greens), which means it failed. ### What do the amendments do? Senator Faruqi [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-11-10.16.1): > *Over the years there have been plenty of examples of businesses that have denied workers their full pay and their full rights. Many big businesses eligible for the JobMaker hiring credit actually have a history of underpaying their staff and their workers, but this scheme, as it stands at the moment, allows public funds to subsidise those same businesses that have been underpaying their staff. Surely no-one in this place can agree that that should be allowed to happen. Our amendments remove eligibility for businesses that are found to be underpaying their workers while receiving the JobMaker hiring credit. Businesses will be required to repay the total sum of the credit they have received. Our amendments also include protections to prevent employers seeking payments from their workers to cover that repayment.* ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 11) , after item 2, insert:* > >> *2A Section 6* >> >> *Insert:* >> >>> *underpaying in relation to an employee: see subsection 7A(4).* >>> >>> *underpayment event: see subsection 7A(3).* > > *(2) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 26), after item 4, insert:* > >> *4A After section 7* >> >> *Insert:* >> >>> *7A Requirements for rules that provide for jobmaker hiring credit scheme — ineligibility for underpaying employees* >>> >>> *(1) This section applies if rules are made for the purposes of subsection 7(1A) that provide for a kind of payment known as the jobmaker hiring credit.* >>> >>> *Ineligibility for underpaying employees* >>> >>> *(2) The rules must provide that an entity is not eligible for the payment if, during the releva
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