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2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Fair Work Amendment (Paid Parental Leave) Bill 2009
No. , 2009
(Senator Hanson-Young)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 to guarantee 26 weeks government-funded paid parental leave, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Object.................................................................................................. 1
4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendments providing for paid parental leave 3
Fair Work Act 2009 3
Schedule 2—Consequential amendments 7
Fair Work Act 2009 7
A Bill for an Act to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 to guarantee 26 weeks government-funded paid parental leave, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Parental Leave) Act 2009 .
This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.
The object of this Act is to give effect, or further effect, to:
(a) Article 11.2(b), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979; and
(b) the Maternity Protection Convention, which the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation adopted on 30 May 2000 and which is also known as Recommendation No. 183; and
(c) the World Health Organization global strategy to ensure sufficient maternity leave is provided to mothers, promoting and supporting exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months;
to guarantee 26 weeks government-funded paid parental leave to all parents in the workforce whether employed on a full-time, part-time, casual, contractual or self-employed basis.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.