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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
As read a third time
Fair Entitlements Guarantee Bill 2012
No. , 2012
A Bill for an Act to provide for financial assistance for workers who have not been fully paid for work done for insolvents or bankrupts, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Objects of this Act.............................................................................. 2
4............ Simplified outline of this Act.............................................................. 3
5............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 4
6............ Kinds of employment entitlements...................................................... 8
7............ Wages................................................................................................. 9
8............ This Act binds the Crown................................................................. 10
9............ Extraterritorial operation.................................................................... 10
Part 2—Eligibility for advance 11
Division 1—Conditions of eligibility for advance 11
Subdivision A—Basic conditions of eligibility 11
10.......... Conditions of eligibility for advance................................................. 11
Subdivision B—Exclusions from eligibility 12
11.......... Exclusion for personal connection with employer............................. 12
12.......... Exclusion for being newly employed after working as contractor..... 13
13.......... Exclusion for employment by certain employers............................... 13
Division 2—Claim for eligibility for advance 14
14.......... Making an effective claim................................................................. 14
15.......... Secretary must decide effective claim................................................ 15
Part 3—Amount of advance 16
Division 1—Working out the amount of an advance 16
16.......... General rule for working out the amount of an advance.................... 16
17.......... Reduction for the person’s debts to the employer............................. 17
18.......... Nil amount if liquidator or bankruptcy trustee can fully pay entitlements soon 17
Division 2—Amounts for employment entitlements 18
Subdivision A—Working out amounts for employment entitlements 18
19.......... Working out amounts for employment entitlements.......................... 18
Subdivision B—General rules for basic amounts for employment entitlements 19
20.......... Basic amount for annual leave entitlement......................................... 19
21.......... Basic amount for long service leave entitlement................................ 19
22.......... Basic amount for payment in lieu of notice entitlement..................... 19
23.......... Basic amount for redundancy pay entitlement................................... 19
24.......... Basic amount for wages entitlement.................................................. 20
Subdivision C—Special rules for basic amounts for employment entitlements 20
25.......... Disregarding recently agreed changes in terms and conditions......... 20
26.......... Applying maximum weekly wage rate—entitlements except wages entitlement 21
27.......... Applying maximum weekly wage rate—wages entitlement.............. 22
Part 4—Payment of advance 24
28.......... Payment to eligible person or intermediary....................................... 24
Part 5—Recovery of advance 25
Division 1—Recovery through winding up or bankruptcy 25
29.......... Recovery of advance paid to liquidator............................................. 25
30.......... Recovery of some amounts of advance paid to bankruptcy trustee... 25
31.......... Recovery in other circumstances....................................................... 26
32.......... Amounts of advance attributable to particular employment entitlements if advance reduced for debts to employer 27
33.......... Recovery of advance for employment for partnership....................... 28
Division 2—Recovery from person eligible for advance 29
34.......... Recovery from person eligible for advance....................................... 29
Part 6—Administration 30
Division 1—Decision-making about advances 30
35.......... Presuming accuracy of certain information....................................... 30
36.......... Giving notice of decisions made under section 15............................ 30
Division 2—Review of decisions about advances 31
Subdivision A—Internal review on the Secretary’s own initiative 31
37.......... Review on the Secretary’s own initiative.......................................... 31
Subdivision B—Internal review on application 32
38.......... Application for review by Secretary.................................................. 32
39.......... Action on application for review....................................................... 33
Subdivision C—Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 33
40.......... Application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review........ 33
41.......... Limit on review of decision on amount of advance........................... 34
Division 3—Information management 35
42.......... Use and disclosure of personal information by the Department for administering this Act 35
43.......... Use and disclosure of personal information by insolvency practitioners and payment intermediaries 35
44.......... Use and disclosure of personal information by persons making payments to former employees 36
45.......... Disclosure of personal information to certain agencies..................... 36
Division 4—Arrangements for information and dealing with payments 37
46.......... Arrangements for information and dealing with payments................ 37
Division 5—Delegation 38
47.......... Delegation of Secretary’s powers and functions............................... 38
48.......... Delegation of Minister’s powers....................................................... 39
Part 7—Miscellaneous 40
49.......... Extended operation of this Act in relation to employers in administration under the Corporations Act 2001 40
50.......... Schemes for assistance of workers who were not employees........... 41
51.......... Appropriation.................................................................................... 42
52.......... Recoverable payments....................................................................... 42
53.......... Reports about recoverable payments................................................. 42
54.......... Right to financial assistance may be reduced, cancelled etc. without compensation 44
55.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 44
This Bill originated in the House of Representatives; and, having this day passed, is now ready for presentation to the Senate for its concurrence.
B.C. WRIGHT
Clerk of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives
A Bill for an Act to provide for financial assistance for workers who have not been fully paid for work done for insolvents or bankrupts, and for related purposes
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