Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move government amendments (1) to (4) on sheet QC301:

(1)    Clause 318, page 276 (line 12), omit paragraph (3)(d), substitute:

             (d)    whether the transferable instrument would have a negative impact on the productivity of the new employer’s workplace;

             (e)    whether the new employer would incur significant economic disadvantage as a result of the transferable instrument covering the new employer;

              (f)    the degree of business synergy between the transferable instrument and any workplace instrument that already covers the new employer;

             (g)    the public interest.

(2)    Clause 319, page 277 (line 34), omit paragraph (3)(d), substitute:

             (d)    whether the transferable instrument would have a negative impact on the productivity of the new employer’s workplace;

             (e)    whether the new employer would incur significant economic disadvantage as a result of the transferable instrument covering the new employer;

              (f)    the degree of business synergy between the transferable instrument and any workplace instrument that already covers the new employer;

             (g)    the public interest.

(3)    Clause 320, page 278 (line 23), at the end of subclause (2), add:

      ; or (c)    to enable the transferable instrument to operate in a way that is better aligned to the working arrangements of the new employer’s enterprise.

(4)    Clause 320, page 279 (line 14), omit paragraph (4)(d), substitute:

             (d)    whether the transferable instrument, without the variation, would have a negative impact on the productivity of the new employer’s workplace;

             (e)    whether the new employer would incur significant economic disadvantage as a result of the transferable instrument, without the variation;

              (f)    the degree of business synergy between the transferable instrument, without the variation, and any workplace instrument that already covers the new employer;

             (g)    the public interest.