Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, p. 2864.

[2]        Senate Standing Legislation Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_Employment_and_Workplace_Relations/Completed%20inquiries/2010-13/penaltyrates/index, accessed 29 August 2012.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 2.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, pp 2–3

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 2.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 2.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 2.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 3.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 3.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 3.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 4.

CHAPTER 2 - Issues

[1]        See, for example, Restaurant and Catering, submission 452, p. 3; Australian Retailers Association, submission 75, p. 3; Small Business Development Corporation (WA Government), submission 115, p. 2; Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, submission 116, pp 6–7. The committee also received submissions from several hundred individuals and businesses in support of the bill.

[2]        ACCI, Submission 106, p. 10.

[3]        ACCI, Submission 106, p. 8.

[4]        Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 107, pp 2–3.

[5]        Australian Retailers Association, Submission 75, p. 5.

[6]        Queensland Council of Unions, Submission 415, p. 3.

[7]        See, for example, Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 107, p. 2.

[8]        Restaurant and Catering, Submission 452, p. 7.

[9]        Australian Retailers Association, Submission 75, p. 4.

[10]      Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, Submission 116, p. 11.

[11]      Restaurant and Catering, Submission 452, p. 8.

[12]      Restaurant and Catering, Submission 452, pp 9–10.

[13]      Restaurant and Catering, Submission 452, p. 11. See also, for example, Australian Retailers Association, Submission 75, p. 3.

[14]      Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, Submission 116, p. 2.

[15]      Restaurant and Catering, Submission 452, p. 15.

[16]      SDA, Submission 71, p. 3. See also, in a similar vein, Australian Services Union, submission 318; Queensland Council of Unions, submission 415. The committee also received many hundreds of submissions from individuals opposing the bill.

[17]      Unions NSW, Submission 416, p. 6.

[18]      Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, Submission 112, p. 7.

[19]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 6.

[20]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 14, citing Bittman, M (2005) ‘Sunday Working and Family Time’ 59 Labour & Industry 16(1) at 68. See also, for example, Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, Submission 112, p. 8; United Voice, Submission 417, p. 26.

[21]      Unions NSW, Submission 416, pp 9–10.

[22]      United Voice, submission to Modern Award Review 2012, pp 3–4, www.fwa.gov.au/documents/awardmod/review/AM2012215_sub_uv.pdf (accessed on 18 December 2012).

[23]      See, for example, ACTU, Submission 231, p. 26.

[24]      SDA, Submission 71, p. 4; See also, for example, ACTU, Submission 231, p. 26; Unions NSW, Submission 416, p. 8.

[25]      SDA, Submission 71, p. 5.

[26]      United Voice, Submission 417, p. 17.

[27]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 4.

[28]      Outside these workers are paid time-and-a-half for the first three hours and double time thereafter.

[29]      SDA, Submission 71, p. 2.

[30]      SDA, Submission 106, p. 6.

[31]      SDA, Submission 106, p. 6.

[32]      United Voice, Submission 417, p. 15.

[33]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 6.

[34]      SDA, Submission 71, p. 4.

[35]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 6. See also, for example, Unions NSW, Submission 416, pp 3–4.

[36]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 6. Emphasis in original.

[37]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 7. See also ACCI, Submission 106, p. 16.

[38]      Unions NSW, Submission 416, pp 4–5. See also DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 8.

[39]      See, for example, ACTU, submission 231, p. 30.

[40]      ACTU, submission 231, p. 19.

[41]      ACTU, Submission 231, pp 19–20.

[42]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 20.

[43]      United Voice, Submission 417, p. 20, drawing on Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Industry 2010-2011 (Cat. No. 8155.0).

[44]      United Voice, Submission 417, p. 22.

[45]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 12.

[46]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 13.

[47]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 4.

[48]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 3. See also, for example, SDA, Submission 71, p. 1; DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 16.

[49]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 4.

[50]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 4. See also SDA, Submission 71, p. 3.

[51]      ACCI, Submission 106, pp 10–11. See also, for example, VECCI, Submission 107, p. 2; Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, Submission 116, p. 2.

[52]      Australian Retailers Association, Submission 75, p. 5. See also, in a similar vein, Small Business Development Corporation (WA Government), Submission 115, p. 4.

[53]      Mr Graeme Frappell, Submission 5, p. 1.

[54]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 8.

[55]      DEEWR, Submission 418, p. 7.

[56]      Unions NSW, Submission 416, p. 3.

[57]      Unions NSW, Submission 416, p. 12.

[58]      DEEWR, Answers to Questions Taken on Notice, 7 December 2012 (received 11 January 2013).

[59]      DEEWR, additional information, received 11 February 2013.

[60]      See, for example, Sydney Morning Herald, Wages of sin, 26 January 2013; The Age, Dishing out pay of $8 an hour, 26 January 2013; The Age, Diners 'unwittingly fund hospitality underclass', 18 January 2013.

[61]      The Age, Dishing out pay of $8 an hour, 26 January 2013.

[62]      Mr Ronson, Proof Estimates Hansard, 13 February 2013, p. 29.

[63]      Mr Ronson, Proof Estimates Hansard, 13 February 2013, pp 28–9.

[64]      Gas Employees Case (1919), 13 CAR, Higgins J.

[65]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 418, p. 3.

[66]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 418, p. 9.

COALITION SENATORS' ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

[1]        ABC News Online, 'Tourism minister backs penalty change push', 5 September 2012, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-05/hopes-for-penalty-rate-relief/4243724?section=business (accessed 1 March 2013).

SENATOR NICK XENOPHON'S DISSENTING REPORT

[1]        Council of Small Business Australia, Submission 352, p. 2.

[2]        Mr John Hart, Chief Executive Officer, Restaurant and Catering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 December 2012, p. 30.

[3]        Senator Nick Xenophon and Mr Tim Lyons, Assistant Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 December 2012, p. 42.

[4]        Sydney Morning Herald, Editorial, 11 February 2013, p. 8.

[5]        Productivity Commission, Economic Structure and Performance of the Australian Retail Industry, Report No. 56, 2011, p. 341.

[6]        Unions NSW, Submission 416, p. 6.

[7]        Mr Greg Parkes, Workplace Relations Director, Restaurant and Catering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 December 2012, p. 30.

[8]        Mr Greg Parkes, Workplace Relations Director, Restaurant and Catering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 December 2012, p. 30.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, Fair Work Amendment (Small Business – Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012, p. 2.

[10]      Restaurant and Catering Australia, Response to Question taken on notice, 7 December 2012 (received 14 January 2013).

[11]      Ms Daniela De Martino, National Industrial Officer, Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 December 2012, p. 13.

[12]      The Coffee Club (Sandgate), Submission 946. See also Taco Bell Melton, Submission 949 and Burroso's, Submission 933.

[13]      ACTU, Submission 231, p. 3.

[14]      Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 106, p. 6.

[15]      Mr Greg Parkes, Workplace Relations Director, Restaurant and Catering Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 December 2012, p. 30.