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Government Tables further IR Reforms: Closing Loopholes Bill 2023 OWEN WEBB - AHA | SA WORKPLACE RELATIONS MANAGER
On 7 September 2023 the Federal Government tabled their 3rd tranche of industrial relations reforms through the introduction of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (Closing Loopholes Bill). The Closing Loopholes Bill has been referred to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee (Committee) for inquiry and report by 1 February 2024. The Australian Hotels Association has provided a submission to the Committee Inquiry and will be making further representations to the Committee and Government on the Closing Loopholes Bill.
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The Bill proposes amendments across four broad areas: •
Employee and ‘employee-like’ pay and conditions
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Employee entitlements
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Work health and safety reforms
• Changes to existing enterprise agreement arrangements In this article we look at some of the proposed amendments that would have the most significant impact across the hotel industry if the legislation was passed, with a particular emphasis on the changes being proposed to casual employment.
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