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Footnotes

Chapter 1 Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012

[1] House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 73, Consideration of Bills, 29 November 2012, p. 3.

[2] aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4926

[3] Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Forms of employment, cat. no. 6359.0, ABS, Canberra, 19 April 2013, p. 5.

[4] ABS, Forms of employment, cat. no. 6359.0, ABS, Canberra, 19 April 2013, p. 7.

[5] ABS, Forms of employment, cat. no. 6359.0, ABS, Canberra, 19 April 2013, p. 7.

[6] ABS, Forms of employment, cat. no. 6359.0, ABS, Canberra, 19 April 2013, p. 3.

[7] Enterprise Agreements may not include a casual loading, but must ensure the employees covered by the agreement are better off overall under the agreement than under the relevant award.

[8] Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Submission 17, p. 5.

[9] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 5.

[10] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 5.

[11] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 6.

[12] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 6.

[13] The requisite minimum employment period is 12 months for employees of businesses with fewer than 15 employees and 6 months in all other cases.

[14] Fair Work Act 2009, s. 384(2).

[15] Fair Work Act 2009, s. 386(2).

[16] Adam Bandt MP, Member for Melbourne, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13090.

[17] Adam Bandt MP, Member for Melbourne, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13090.

[18] Adam Bandt MP, Member for Melbourne, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13090.

[19] Australian Government, Towards more productive and equitable workplaces: an evaluation of the Fair Work legislation, DEEWR, Canberra, 15 June 2012.

[20] DEEWR, Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013: Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[21] DEEWR, Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013: Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[22] DEEWR, Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013: Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[23] DEEWR, Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013: Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[24] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306L(5).

[25] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306N(1).

[26] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306N(4).

[27] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306N(2).

[28] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306N(3).

[29] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306N(5).

[30] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306P(1).

[31] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306P(2).

[32] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306Q.

[33] Fair Work Amendment (Tackling Job Insecurity) Bill 2012, c. 306R(2)

[34] Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA), Submission 15, p. 4; Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER), Submission 6, p. 2; St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 10, p. 1.

[35] HIA, Submission 1, p. 1.

[36] Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI WA), Submission 11, p. 1.

[37] Australian Business Industrial NSW Business Chamber (ABI), Submission 12, p. 1.

[38] Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), Submission 14, p. 2.

[39] Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Submission 18, p. 2.

[40] Australian Education Union (AEU), Submission 2, p. 1.

[41] Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Submission 5, p. 3.

[42] For examples see: ACTU, Submission 5, pp. 3-6; AEU, Submission 2, pp. 2-3; NTEU, Submission 3, p. 4; Queensland Nurses’ Union (QNU), Submission 4, p. 7; National Union of Workers (NUW), Submission 7, pp. 6-7.

[43] AUE, Submissions 2, p. 1; NTEU, Submission 3, p. 13; QNU, Submission 4, p. 4; ACTU, Submission 5, p. 3; NUW, Submission 7, p. 5; Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), Submission 9, p. 2.

[44] ACTU and NTEU, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, pp. 2-9.

[45] Mr Timothy Lyons, Assistant Secretary, ACTU, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 2.

[46] Ms Sharni Chan, Member, NTEU, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 5.

[47] Ms Sharni Chan, Member, NTEU, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 3.

[48] Mr Stephen Smith, Director, National Workplace Relations, Ai Group, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 9.

[49] ABI, Submission 12, p. 2; DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 2, 9, 11; St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 10, p. 3; ACTU, Submission 5, pp. 13-17; AEU, Submission 2, p. 3; QNU, Submission 4, p. 6; DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 10; HIA, Submission 1, p. 1; Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 6; FECCA, Submission 15, p. 8.

[50] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11.

[51] Ai Group, Submission 14, pp. 2-5; HIA, Submission 1, pp. 2-3; Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA), Submission 19, pp. 5-7; ABI, Submission 12, pp. 1-3; Australian Public Service Commission (APSC), Submission 20, pp. 2-3.

[52] DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 9-10; Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 7; AMMA, Submission 19, p. 6; HIA, Submission 1, p. 3; CCI WA, Submission 11, pp. 2-3; ABI, Submission 12, p. 2.

[53] ABI, Submission 12, p. 2; DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 9.

[54] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11; St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 10, p. 3.

[55] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 17; AEU, Submission 2, p. 3; QNU, Submission 4, p. 6.

[56] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11.

[57] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 17.

[58] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 10; HIA, Submission 1, p. 1; St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 10, p. 3; AEU, Submission 2, p. 3; ACTU, Submission 5, pp. 13-14; Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 6.

[59] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 15.

[60] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 14; AEU, Submission 2, p. 2.

[61] AEU, Submission 2, p. 3; ACTU, Submission 5, p. 16.

[62] FECCA, Submission 15, p. 8.

[63] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11.

[64] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 9; HIA, Submission 1, p. 2; Ai Group, Submission 14, pp. 5-6; AMMA, Submission 19, p. 7.

[65] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 9.

[66] HIA, Submission 1, p. 2.

[67] Ai Group, Submission 14, pp. 5-6; HIA, Submission 1, p. 2; AMMA, Submission 19, p. 7.

[68] AMMA, Submission 19, p. 7.

[69] ACTU, Submission 5, pp. 10-11; NTEU, Submission 3, p. 10; QNU, Submission 4, p. 6; AMWU, Submission 9, p. 3.

[70] NTEU, Submission 3, p. 10.

[71] FECCA, Submission 15, p. 7.

[72] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 16.

[73] DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 9-10; HIA, Submission 1, p. 3; CCI WA, Submission 11, pp. 2-3; ABI, Submission 12, p. 2.

[74] DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 9-10.

[75] DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 9-10.

[76] DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 9-10.

[77] Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 7.

[78] AMMA, Submission 19, p. 6.

[79] HIA, Submission 1, p. 3.

[80] CCI WA, Submission 11, pp. 2-3.

[81] CCI WA, Submission 11, p. 3.

[82] ABI, Submission 12, p. 2.

[83] ABI, Submission 12, p. 2.

[84] Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 6; HIA, Submission 1, p. 2.

[85] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[86] Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 6.

[87] HIA, Submission 1, p. 2.

[88] DEEWR, Submission 17, pp. 10-11.

[89] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 16.

[90] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11.

[91] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 10.

[92] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11; ACTU, Submission 5, p. 17.

[93] DEEWR, submission 17, p. 11.

[94] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 11.

[95] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 17.

[96] Ai Group, Submission 14, p. 4.

[97] ACCI, Submission 18 p. 4.

[98] ACCI, Submission 18, p. 4.

[99] Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA), Submission 19, p. 5.

[100] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 13; AMWU, Submission 9, p. 4; AEU, Submission 2, p. 3; NUW, Submission 7, p. 4.

[101] Mr Timothy Lyons, Assistant Secretary, ACTU, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 2.

[102] QNU, Submission 4, p. 5; ACTU, Submission 5, p. 12; AEU, Submission 2, p. 2.

[103] HIA, Submission 1, p. 1; ABI, Submission 12, pp. 2-3; AMMA, Submission 19, p. 7.

[104] ABI, Submission 12, p. 2.

[105] Housing Industry Association (HIA), Submission 1, p. 1.

[106] AMMA, Submission 19, p. 7.

[107] APSC, Submission 20, pp. 2-3.

[108] APSC, Submission 20, pp. 2-3.

[109] APSC, Submission 20, p. 1.

[110] APSC, Submission 20, pp. 2-3.

[111] Adam Bandt MP, Member for Melbourne, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13090.

[112] HIA, Submission 1, p. 1.

[113] AMMA, Submission 19, p. 7.

[114] Mr Daniel Mammone, Director of Workplace Policy and Legal Affairs, ACI, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 11.

[115] AEU, Submission 2, p. 2.

[116] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 12.

[117] QNU, Submission 4, p. 5.

[118] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 7.

[119] Mr John Kovacic, Deputy Secretary of Workplace Relations and Economic Strategy, DEEWR, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 24 May 2013, p. 14.

[120] AMMA, Submission 19, pp. 6-7.

[121] HIA, Submission 1, p. 1; ABI, Submission 12, p. 3.

[122] HIA, Submission 1, p. 1.

[123] ABI, Submission 12, p. 3.

[124] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 7.

[125] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 8.

[126] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 8.

[127] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 8.

[128] DEEWR, Submission 17, p. 8.

[129] HIA, Submission 1, p. 1.

[130] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 15.

[131] ACTU, Submission 5, p. 15.

The Australian Greens’ dissenting report

[1] AEU, Submission 2, p 1

[2] NTEU, Submission 3, p 3

[3] QNU, Submission 4, p 2

[4] ACTU, Submission 5, p 3

[5] AIER, Submission 6, p2

[6] AMWU, Submission 9, pp 2-3

[7] St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 10, pp 1-2

[8] FECCA, Submission 15, p4

[9] Committee Hansard, 24 May 2013 p. 3-4

[10] Committee Hansard, 24 May 2013 p. 2-3