Summary
Implements certain recommendations of the Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces by amending the: Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MoP(S) Act) to: require a notice of termination of employment to specify the ground or grounds that are relied on for the termination; and clarify that the Fair Work Act 2009 and Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 apply to staff employed or engaged under the MoP(S) Act; Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to clarify that parliamentarians are officers of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Act; and Age Discrimination Act 2004 and Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to clarify that staff employed or engaged under the MoP(S) Act are Commonwealth employees for the purposes of the Acts.