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Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill 2023

2022-2023

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill 2023

 

No.      , 2023

 

(Employment and Workplace Relations)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 and the law relating to long service leave in the coal mining industry, and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1—Protection for migrant workers                                                       4

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                      4

Schedule 2—Unpaid parental leave                                                                            5

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                      5

Schedule 3—Superannuation                                                                                        17

Part 1—National Employment Standards—superannuation contributions             17

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                    17

Part 2—Other amendments                                                                                       20

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                    20

Schedule 4—Workplace determinations                                                                21

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                    21

Schedule 5—Employee authorised deductions                                                   22

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                    22

Schedule 6—Coal mining long service leave scheme                                      23

Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Administration Act 1992             23

Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992 27

Schedule 7—Technical corrections                                                                            29

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                    29

Schedule 8—Application and transitional provisions                                    30

Fair Work Act 2009                                                                                                    30



A Bill for an Act to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 and the law relating to long service leave in the coal mining industry, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Act 2023 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 2

The later of:

(a) 1 July 2023; and

(b) the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

4.  Schedule 3, Part 1

The first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October to occur after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

5.  Schedule 3, Part 2

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

6.  Schedule 4

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

7.  Schedule 5

The day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

8.  Schedule 6

The earlier of:

(a) a single day to be fixed by Proclamation; and

(b) the first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October to occur after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

9.  Schedules 7 and 8

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation 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.