1st Sep 2020, 12:25 PM – Senate Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020 - in Committee - Casual workers

The majority voted against amendments (1) and (5) on sheet 1009, which were moved by NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens). This means they failed.

These amendments would have extended eligibility for JobKeeper payments to casual workers.

Amendment text

(1) Clause 2 , page 2 (at the end of the table), add:

10. Schedule 5 | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent .

(5) Page 33 (after line 21) , at the end of the Bill, add:

Schedule 5 — Extension of jobkeeper scheme to casual employees

Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

1 At the end of section 7

Add:

Requirements relating to casual employees

(8) In determining the entitlement of an entity to a payment for an employee of the entity, the rules must provide that the types of employee that an entity is entitled to receive a payment in respect of include an employee of the entity who satisfies the requirements in subsection (9), regardless of the period of time that the individual has been employed by the entity.

(9) The requirements are that:

(a) the individual was a casual employee of the entity on 1 July 2020; and

(b) it is reasonable to assume that the individual would have continued to be an employee of the entity if the entity had not been directly or indirectly affected by the Coronavirus known as COVID-19.