Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Bill 2003

Previous Citations: Workplace Relations Amendment (Fair Termination) Bill 2002
Type: Government
Portfolio: Employment and Workplace Relations
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 40

Summary

Amends the termination of employment provisions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 by: excluding certain classes of employees, including short-term casual employees; validating the operation of regulations purporting to exclude short-term casual employees (following a Federal Court decision invalidating these regulations) from the time the regulations were made to the commencement of the new termination provisions in this bill; and providing for payment, and indexation, of a lodgment fee for termination of employment applications; and Workplace Relations Regulations 1996 to repeal now invalidated provisions excluding certain classes of employees from termination of employment provisions. Also contains an application provision.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	20 Feb 2002
Second reading moved	20 Feb 2002
Second reading agreed to	11 Dec 2002
Third reading agreed to	11 Dec 2002

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	12 Dec 2002
Second reading moved	12 Dec 2002
Second reading agreed to	12 Dec 2002
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 2 Opposition and 3 Australian Democrats agreed to	12 Dec 2002
Third reading agreed to	12 Dec 2002 (After Midnight)

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House disagreed to Senate amendments	13 Aug 2003

Senate
Message from House of Reps reported	14 Aug 2003
Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its amendments nos 1 and 5 disagreed to by the House, insisted on its amendments nos 2 to 4 and agreed to 2 Australian Democrats further amendments	15 Sep 2003

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to amendments nos 2 to 4 and agreed to further Senate amendments	16 Sep 2003


Assent Act no.: 104 Year: 2003	16 Oct 2003

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Notes

Referred to Committee (20/03/2002): Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee; Report due 15/05/2002; Committee report (15/05/2002)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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