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senate vote 2021-03-18#18
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- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-03-18.75.1) "*that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed with an amendment to the title.*" In other words, they voted to give it a [third reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) and so pass the bill in the Senate.
- The bill will now be sent back to the House of Representatives. If our MPs agree with the Senate amendments, then the bill will become law.
### What does this bill do- ### What does this bill do?
- According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd053):
- > *The Bill’s proposed reforms primarily relate to casual employment, flexibility under modern awards for industries impacted by COVID-19, the making and approval of enterprise bargaining agreements, greenfield agreements for major projects and compliance and enforcement (including responding to wage theft). The Bill’s amendments can be grouped as follows:*
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- > * *Schedule 1 makes amendments to insert a definition of casual employment, provide for a casual conversion process and to address issues around ‘double dipping’ with respect to casual loading*
- > * *Schedule 2 makes amendments providing that employers covered by identified modern awards can offer additional hours to part-time employees and issue flexible work directions to employees*
- > * *Schedule 3 makes amendments to the current requirements around enterprise agreements including in relation to the operation of the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) and agreement approval processes*
- > * *Schedule 4 make amendments to allow eight year greenfields agreement for major projects*
- > * *Schedule 5 makes amendments in relation to compliance and enforcement including by introducing new penalties and criminalising certain forms of wage theft*
- > * *Schedule 6 makes amendments in relation to when the FWC [Fair Work Commission] can dismiss applications and vary or revoke its own decisions.*
> * *Schedule 7 provides for relevant application, saving and transitional provisions with respect to other parts of the Bill.*- > * *Schedule 7 provides for relevant application, saving and transitional provisions with respect to other parts of the Bill.*
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senate vote 2021-03-18#18
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Bills — Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021; Third Reading- Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the amended bill
Description
<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>The question now is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed with an amendment to the title.</p> - The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-03-18.75.1) "*that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed with an amendment to the title.*" In other words, they voted to give it a [third reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) and so pass the bill in the Senate.
- The bill will now be sent back to the House of Representatives. If our MPs agree with the Senate amendments, then the bill will become law.
- ### What does this bill do
- According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd053):
- > *The Bill’s proposed reforms primarily relate to casual employment, flexibility under modern awards for industries impacted by COVID-19, the making and approval of enterprise bargaining agreements, greenfield agreements for major projects and compliance and enforcement (including responding to wage theft). The Bill’s amendments can be grouped as follows:*
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- > * *Schedule 1 makes amendments to insert a definition of casual employment, provide for a casual conversion process and to address issues around ‘double dipping’ with respect to casual loading*
- > * *Schedule 2 makes amendments providing that employers covered by identified modern awards can offer additional hours to part-time employees and issue flexible work directions to employees*
- > * *Schedule 3 makes amendments to the current requirements around enterprise agreements including in relation to the operation of the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) and agreement approval processes*
- > * *Schedule 4 make amendments to allow eight year greenfields agreement for major projects*
- > * *Schedule 5 makes amendments in relation to compliance and enforcement including by introducing new penalties and criminalising certain forms of wage theft*
- > * *Schedule 6 makes amendments in relation to when the FWC [Fair Work Commission] can dismiss applications and vary or revoke its own decisions.*
- > * *Schedule 7 provides for relevant application, saving and transitional provisions with respect to other parts of the Bill.*
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