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Parliamentary Workplace Reform (Set the Standard Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

Type	Government
Originating house	Senate
Status	Act
Portfolio	Prime Minister

Summary

Implements certain recommendations of the Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces by amending the: Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MoP(S) Act) to: require a notice of termination of employment to specify the ground or grounds that are relied on for the termination; and clarify that the Fair Work Act 2009 and Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 apply to staff employed or engaged under the MoP(S) Act; Work Health and Safety Act 2011 to clarify that parliamentarians are officers of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Act; and Age Discrimination Act 2004 and Disability Discrimination Act 1992 to clarify that staff employed or engaged under the MoP(S) Act are Commonwealth employees for the purposes of the Acts.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	09/02/22
Second reading moved	09/02/22
Second reading debate	10/02/22
Second reading agreed to	10/02/22
Third reading agreed to	10/02/22

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	10/02/22
Second reading moved	15/02/22
Second reading debate	15/02/22
Second reading agreed to	15/02/22
Third reading agreed to	15/02/22

Finally passed both Houses	15/02/22
Assent	22/02/22	Act no: 7 - Year: 2022