Division Description Changes — Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Second Reading — 30th Nov 2022

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senate vote 2022-11-30#7 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-12-08 15:02:44	Title Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022; Second Reading Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea Description ~~<p class="speaker">Claire Chandler</p>~~ <p>The question is that the bill be read a second time.</p> The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-11-30.173.1) "that the bill be [read a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/)", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd034): > The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 aims to make numerous changes to industrial relations legislation with the intention of: > > * encouraging and facilitating enterprise bargaining, and multi-business enterprise bargaining in particular *> simplifying* the bargaining and approval processes for enterprise agreements, including simplifying the better off overall test (BOOT)* > * improving job security and gender equity, including by limiting the use of fixed term contracts and prohibiting pay secrecy clauses *> improving workplace* conditions and protections by providing an enforceable right to request flexible working arrangements* > * abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission and making the Fair Work Ombudsman the workplace relations regulator for the building and construction industry > * abolishing the Registered Organisations Commission and transferring its functions to the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission and > * enacting other measures not examined in this Digest. ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~

~~Claire Chandler~~
The question is that the bill be read a second time.
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-11-30.173.1) "*that the bill be [read a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/)*", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill.
### What is the bill's main idea?
According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd034):
> *The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 aims to make numerous changes to industrial relations legislation with the intention of:*
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> * *encouraging and facilitating enterprise bargaining, and multi-business enterprise bargaining in particular*
> * *simplifying the bargaining and approval processes for enterprise agreements, including simplifying the better off overall test (BOOT)*
> * *improving job security and gender equity, including by limiting the use of fixed term contracts and prohibiting pay secrecy clauses*
> * *improving workplace conditions and protections by providing an enforceable right to request flexible working arrangements*
> * *abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission and making the Fair Work Ombudsman the workplace relations regulator for the building and construction industry*
> * *abolishing the Registered Organisations Commission and transferring its functions to the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission and*
> * *enacting other measures not examined in this Digest.*
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