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2002-2003
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Workplace
Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill
2003
No. ,
2003
(Employment and Workplace
Relations)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Workplace Relations Act 1996, and for related
purposes
Contents
Part 1—Amendments 3
Part 2—Application 4
A Bill for an Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act
1996, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting
the Low Paid) Act 2003.
This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal
Assent.
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any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.
1 At the end of subparagraph
3(d)(ii)
Add “, primarily to address the needs of the low
paid”.
2 At the end of paragraph
88A(d)
Add:
; and (iii) recognises that the primary role of awards is to address the
needs of the low paid.
3 Paragraph 88B(2)(c)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) when adjusting the safety net:
(i) as a primary consideration, the needs of the low paid, including their
need for employment; and
(ii) the employment prospects of the unemployed; and
(iii) the capacity of employers to meet increased labour
costs.
4 Application of Part 1
amendments
(1) The amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule apply to
proceedings in relation to an industrial dispute that is notified to the
Commission:
(a) on or before the commencing day—if the Commission has not
finished dealing with the dispute before that day; and
(b) after the commencing day.
(2) In this item:
commencing day means the day this Act commences.