Senate debates
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Bills
Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022; In Committee
11:52 am
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—I move amendments RU110 and PF105 together:
(1) Schedule 1, page 6 (after line 4), after item 21, insert:
21A After paragraph 536(2)(b)
Insert:
; and (c) not include any information prescribed by the regulations in relation to paid family and domestic violence leave.
(2) Schedule 2, item 9, page 13 (lines 1 to 7), omit subsection 757B(4), substitute:
Extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions
(4) The extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions are:
(a) the provisions of Subdivision CA of Division 7 of Part 2-2, and the related provisions identified in subsection (3) of this section, as they apply because of this section; and
(b) section 757BA.
Modifications are set out in Subdivision B of this Division
(4A) The extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions have effect subject to the modifications provided for in Subdivision B.
(3) Schedule 2, item 9, page 13 (after line 11), after section 757B, insert:
757BA Employer obligations in relation to pay slips
If an employer gives a person a pay slip relating to paid leave to which the person is entitled because of section 757B, the employer must not include on the pay slip any information prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 536(2)(c).
(1) Schedule 1, item 22, page 7 (line 31) to page 8 (line 19), omit subclause 53(1), substitute:
(1) On application by an employer, employee or employee organisation covered by a pre-commencement enterprise agreement, if:
(a) the agreement includes terms entitling employees to paid family and domestic violence leave within the ordinary meaning of that expression; and
(b) the FWC considers that the effect of those terms is detrimental when compared with the entitlement under Subdivision CA of Division 7 of Part 2-2 as amended by Schedule 1 to the amending Act (the NES entitlement);
the FWC may make a determination varying the agreement to make the agreement consistent with the NES entitlement.
No comments