The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 14 December 2023.
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 received Royal Assent on 26 February 2024.
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 amends workplace relations laws relating to the following measures. For fact sheets of these amendments, follow the links below.
- Compliance and enforcement: Criminalising wage theft
- Regulated labour hire arrangement orders (Closing the labour hire loophole)
- Enhancing delegates’ rights
- Provide stronger protections against discrimination, adverse action and harassment
- Addressing anomalous consequences of the small business redundancy exemption in insolvency contexts
- Conciliation conference orders
- Entry to assist Health and Safety Representatives
- Amendments to Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency Act 2013
- Amendments to the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
- Industrial manslaughter and other work, health and safety reforms
There is also a fact sheet summarising measures of particular interest to small business.
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2024 amends workplace relations laws relating to the following measures. For fact sheets of these amendments, follow the links below.
- Extend the powers of the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards for 'employee-like' workers
- Allow the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards to ensure the road transport industry is safe, sustainable and viable
- Give workers the right to challenge unfair contractual terms
- Stand up for casual workers
- Compliance and enforcement: Civil penalties and sham contracting
- Meaning of 'employee' and 'employer' in the Fair Work Act 2009
- Enabling multiple franchisees to access the single enterprise agreement stream
- Strengthening right of entry to investigate underpayments
- Fair Work Commission preparing enterprise agreement model terms
- Transitioning from multi-enterprise agreements
- Repeal de-merger from registered organisations amalgamation provisions
- Workplace determinations
- Right to disconnect
There is also a fact sheet summarising measures of particular interest to small business.
