Second Reading Speeches

Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012

Type
Private
Sponsor(s)
XENOPHON, Sen Nick
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
43

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Summary

Amends the

Fair Work Act 2009
to provide that businesses in the restaurant and catering or retail industries with fewer than 20 full-time and full-time equivalent employees are only required to pay penalty rates where an employee has worked more than 10 hours in a 24-hour period, or more than 38 hours in a seven-day period.

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