On 7 September 2023, the Senate voted to approve Part One of the
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023,
following a deal with the Greens and the crossbench to divide the
Bill in two in order to pass certain measures. Part Two of the Bill
will be considered early in the new year.
Sealed deals in Part One of the Closing Loopholes
Bill
Part One of the Bill outlines the introduction of new laws,
including those which:
- prevent companies from underpaying labour hire workers who are
performing the same job as employees;
- criminalises intentional wage theft and superannuation
theft;
- prevents large businesses which are downsizing due to
insolvency from avoiding redundancy payments by claiming the small
business redundancy exemption;
