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  • Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    22 Jun 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Independent Contractors Bill 2006 to protect the status of independent contractors, the bill amends the:
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to: provide civil penalties for sham contracting arrangements; protect redundancy entitlements; provide for stand downs; make changes to the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard; and
    Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005
    and
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to: repeal redundant provisions in relation to unfair contracts as a consequence of the proposed national services contract review scheme contained in the Independent Contractors Bill 2006; allow proceedings to be initiated in relation to sham contracting arrangements; and makes technical amendments to the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    and
    Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005

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    Date
    02 Nov 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    in relation to: creation of a national workplace relations system, including the establishment of the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) which will set and adjust minimum and award classification wages, minimum conditions of employment; public holidays; outworkers; direct bargaining between employers and employees; the role of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, particularly in relation to regulation of industrial action; a simplified system of awards; redundancy pay by small business employers; transmission of business rules; protection of key award conditions in bargaining processes; dispute settlement procedures; extension of the compliance regime; transitional arrangements; provides for the renumbering of the Act; and Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 in relation to the establishment of the AFPC. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Better Bargaining) Bill 2005

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    Date
    09 Mar 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    in relation to: industrial action before the expiration of an agreement; cooling-off periods; third party suspensions; protected and unprotected industrial action; and pattern bargaining. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill 2005

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    Date
    09 Feb 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the freedom of association provisions of the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to extend the prohibition on bargaining services fee clauses to State employment agreements to which a constitutional corporation is a party. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Small Business Employment Protection) Bill 2005

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    Date
    08 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to restore the exemption for small business from redundancy payments by overturning the 2004 decision of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to impose redundancy pay obligations on small businesses. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Dismissal Reform) Bill 2004

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    Date
    02 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to: exempt small businesses from the unfair dismissal provisions (except in relation to apprentices and trainees); and require the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to order that an unfair dismissal application is invalid if it relates to a small business employer. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Right of Entry) Bill 2004

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    Date
    02 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to: establish a framework for the right of entry system which will clearly set out parties’ rights and responsibilities; and enable the Commonwealth to override the operation of State right of entry laws or industrial instruments within constitutional limits. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Bill 2005

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    Date
    01 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Environment and Heritage 
    Summary
    Provides for the establishment and operation of a scheme to apply national water efficiency labelling and minimum performance standards to certain water-use products. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Agreement Validation) Bill 2004

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    Date
    17 Nov 2004 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    to ensure the validity of agreements which were certified, approved or varied under the Act prior to the High Court’s decision on 2 September 2004 in
    Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v The Australian Workers’ Union and Others
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Workplace Relations Amendment (Extended Prohibition of Compulsory Union Fees) Bill 2004

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    Date
    11 Aug 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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