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TOTAL RESULTS: 55
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- Date
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18 Aug 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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- Date
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06 Nov 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Relations Act 1996
to: extend the operation of the federal unfair dismissal system to all employees of constitutional corporations; prevent employees from accessing remedies under comparable State unfair dismissal schemes; and make amendments to the operation of the unfair dismissal system. Also contains application provisions.
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13 Nov 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Relations Act 1996
to: provide all businesses with information about their rights and the processes involved with logs of claims; limit the ability of unions to involve small businesses which employ no union members into the federal jurisdiction; and require the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to inquire into views of unrepresented small business employers potentially affected by a logs of claims. Also contains application provisions.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Date
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26 May 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Relations Act 1996
to restore the exemption for small business from redundancy payments by overturning the recent decision of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to impose redundancy pay obligations on small businesses.
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- Date
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03 Jun 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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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. Also contains an application provision.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Environment and Heritage
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Provides for the establishment and operation of a scheme to apply national water efficiency labelling and minimum performance standards to certain water-use products. Also contains a regulation-making power.
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11 Aug 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio
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- Date
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17 Nov 2004
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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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
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- Date
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29 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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FIELDING, Sen Steve
- Summary
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Amends the
Workplace Relations Act 1996
to ensure that workers in Australia are guaranteed public holiday leave in lieu, meal breaks, penalty rates, overtime and protection of existing redundancy entitlements.
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