Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill
After securing a deal in the Senate, the federal Government has passed the largest suite of reforms to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) since it was first enacted through the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (Cth) (Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill 2022). The bill passed both Houses of Parliament on 2 December 2022 and now awaits its Royal Assent.
Practical Law will be providing further guidance on the significant changes implemented by the bill to the FW Act, and other federal legislation, in due course. In the meantime, to assist practitioners understand the timetable for implementation of the changes to the FW Act and related legislation, Practical Law has published Help and information note, Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill 2022: key commencement dates, which provides a table summarising commencement dates applicable to the bill's key amendments.
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022
Helpful information Text of bill First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6941
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