The effort to divide the Bill into four distinct laws pertaining to PTSD, silica management, family and domestic violence leave, and small company redundancy exemptions was spearheaded by Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock.
For the split to take effect, the lower house must still approve it.
Senator Lambie expressed delight that the four sections of the Bill had been deleted and praised the vote’s conclusion.
“We have successfully separated the four bills that we wanted from the massive, monstrous IR bill that never should have been included in the first place,” the spokesperson stated.
Before more amendments could be put to a vote, Senator Pocock stated that the initial bill was too large and that there was still “a long way to run.”
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“Out of the twenty schedules, four were not controversial. We have divided the four issues that have received unanimous support, he stated.
“Yeah, there seems to be agreement developing on some points, but there are still a lot of details that need to be worked out and we need to get them right.”
The government will keep pursuing its own legislation to safeguard employees and increase salaries, according to Tony Burke, Minister of Employment and Workplace Relations.
“The administration is still dedicated to fulfilling our election pledge to seal the legal loopholes that are eroding wages,” he declared.
On Tuesday, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting became the most recent major to voice concerns on the proposed reforms to industrial relations.
“Australia will not be able to satisfy the rising iron ore demand created by net zero targets if increased regulatory burdens cause new mining projects to be delayed or cancelled,” said Gerhard Veldsman, chief executive of group operations at Hancock Prospecting, in an interview with the West Australian.
The Closing Loopholes Bill consists of the following four main parts:
- Making pay theft a crime
- Establishing requirements for gig economy workers
- eliminating the loophole for compelled permanent casual workers
- narrowing the gap in labor hire.
