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Title

FAIR WORK BILL 2008

In Committee

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

19-03-2009

Source

Senate

Parl No.

42

Electorate

Queensland

Interjector

Humphries, Sen Gary (The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN)

Page

2203

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Ludwig, Sen Joe

Stage

In Committee

Type

 

Context

Bills

System Id

chamber/hansards/2009-03-19/0449


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Thursday, 19 March 2009
Page: 2203


Senator LUDWIG (Minister for Human Services) (12:51 AM) —I am pleased to note that the senator has a copy of the transitional provisions. I was concerned that you may not have had them. I am sure you have read part 3, ‘Avoiding reductions in take-home pay’, dealing with the part 10A award modernisation process. It says:

The Part 10A award modernisation process is not intended to result in a reduction in the take-home pay of employees or outworkers.

This is the difficulty we always get into if we ask questions around a transitional bill, but I am happy to attempt to deal with that. It provides:

An employee suffers a modernisation-related reduction in take-home pay if, and only if—

and then it sets out four criteria—(a), (b), (c) and (d)—as to when that circumstance could arise. The next item deals with an outworker who is not an employee and suffers a modernisation related reduction in take-home pay.