FAIR WORK LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SECURE JOBS, BETTER PAY) ACT 2022 (NO. 79, 2022)

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 2

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 6

4............ Review of operation of amendments................................................... 6

Schedule 1--Amendments 8

Part 1--Abolition of the Registered Organisations Commission 8

Division 1--Main amendments 8

Fair Work Act 2009 8

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 8

Division 2--Consequential amendments 11

Fair Work Act 2009 11

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 12

Division 3--Application, saving and transitional provisions 27

Part 2--Additional registered organisations enforcement options 35

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 35

Part 3--Abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission 43

Division 1--General amendments 43

Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 43

Division 2--Abolition of the Australian Building and Construction Commission etc. 57

Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 57

Division 3--Consequential amendments 59

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 59

Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 59

Division 4--Repeals 59

Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2016 59

Building and Construction Industry Improvement (Consequential and Transitional) Act 2005 59

Division 5--General transitional provisions 59

Part 4--Objects of the Fair Work Act 82

Fair Work Act 2009 82

Part 5--Equal remuneration 83

Fair Work Act 2009 83

Part 6--Expert panels 86

Fair Work Act 2009 86

Part 7--Prohibiting pay secrecy 94

Fair Work Act 2009 94

Part 8--Prohibiting sexual harassment in connection with work 97

Division 1--Main amendments 97

Fair Work Act 2009 97

Division 2--Amendments relating to ILO Convention (No. 190) 116

Fair Work Act 2009 116

Part 9--Anti-discrimination and special measures 118

Fair Work Act 2009 118

Part 10--Fixed term contracts 123

Fair Work Act 2009 123

Part 11--Flexible work 132

Division 1--Family and domestic violence (main amendments) 132

Fair Work Act 2009 132

Division 2--Family and domestic violence (consequential amendments) 132

Fair Work Act 2009 132

Division 3--Grounds for refusing requests 133

Fair Work Act 2009 133

Division 4--Civil remedies and dispute resolution 136

Fair Work Act 2009 136

Division 5--Pregnancy 140

Fair Work Act 2009 140

Part 12--Termination of enterprise agreements after nominal expiry date 141

Fair Work Act 2009 141

Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 146

Part 13--Sunsetting of "zombie" agreements etc. 148

Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 148

Part 14--Enterprise agreement approval 162

Fair Work Act 2009 162

Part 15--Initiating bargaining 172

Fair Work Act 2009 172

Part 16--Better off overall test 173

Fair Work Act 2009 173

Part 17--Dealing with errors in enterprise agreements 184

Fair Work Act 2009 184

Part 18--Bargaining disputes 187

Fair Work Act 2009 187

Part 19--Industrial action 194

Division 2--Protected action ballot agents 194

Fair Work Act 2009 194

Division 3--Protected action ballots and multi-enterprise agreements 198

Fair Work Act 2009 198

Division 4--Notice requirements for industrial action 199

Fair Work Act 2009 199

Division 5--Mediation and conciliation 200

Fair Work Act 2009 200

Part 20--Supported bargaining 202

Fair Work Act 2009 202

Part 21--Single interest employer authorisations 218

Fair Work Act 2009 218

Part 22--Varying enterprise agreements to remove employers and their employees 239

Fair Work Act 2009 239

Part 23--Cooperative workplaces 242

Fair Work Act 2009 242

Part 23A--Excluded work 248

Fair Work Act 2009 248

Part 24--Enhancing the small claims processes 252

Fair Work Act 2009 252

Part 25--Prohibiting employment advertisements with pay rate that would contravene the Act 253

Fair Work Act 2009 253

Part 25AA--Having regard to certain additional matters in performing functions 255

Fair Work Act 2009 255

Part 25A--Establishment of the National Construction Industry Forum 256

Fair Work Act 2009 256

Part 25B--Unpaid parental leave 262

Division 1--Main amendments 262

Fair Work Act 2009 262

Division 2--Civil remedies and dispute resolution 265

Fair Work Act 2009 265

Part 26--Application, saving, transitional and miscellaneous consequential provisions 270

Division 1--Application, saving and transitional provisions 270

Fair Work Act 2009 270

Division 2--Consequential amendments relating to multiple measures dealing with variation of enterprise agreements 282

Fair Work Act 2009 282

Part 27--Amendment of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 285

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 285

Part 28--Paid family and domestic violence leave 287

Division 1--Main amendments 287

Fair Work Act 2009 287

Division 2--Other amendments 287

Fair Work Act 2009 287

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAIR WORK LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SECURE JOBS, BETTER PAY) ACT 2022 (NO. 79, 2022) - NOTES