Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023 Inquiry
Submissions closed
Submissions close: 24 March 2023
On 9 February 2023, the Senate referred the Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023 to the Committee for inquiry and report by 21 June 2023.
The Bill was sponsored by Senators Canavan, Rennick and Antic.
The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee is calling for submissions to its inquiry into the Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023 by 24 March 2023.
The Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023 seeks to amend the Fair Work Act 2009 by adding COVID-19 vaccination status as an attribute protected from discrimination. Information about the bill is available on the APH website.
Note: The Fair Work Act only covers those who work in the private sector or the Commonwealth. State government employees come under their respective Industrial Relations Commission. I.e. A teacher or hospital worker employed by a State Government will not fall under the scope of the Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023.
If you require special arrangements to enable you to make a submission to the inquiry, or if you have questions, or need more time to write your submission, please contact the Education and Employment committee secretariat (details below).
Information about submissions
The committee wishes to assure submitters that each piece of correspondence to the inquiry is being read and considered. The processing of each document is not an automated process and may take some time. Once the committee has made decisions about your document, you will be notified.
The committee welcomes submissions from individuals about their experiences in relation to the matters raised by the bills. However, please note that the committee does not have the ability to advise on, advocate for, or take action relating to individual cases.
Treatment of documents
All documents sent to the inquiry become committee documents on receipt and are made public only after a decision of the committee. You must not release your submission without the approval of the committee. Submissions authorised for publication by the committee are protected by parliamentary privilege, but the unauthorised release of them is not.
The committee may not accept or publish material that is not relevant to the bills under inquiry, or which reflects adversely on others.
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INQUIRY?
Please contact the Committee Secretariat if you have a question relating to the inquiry or if you are having trouble uploading your documents to the Parliament Portal – please note that the Office of Senator Gerard Rennick does not administer this portal.
Committee Secretariat contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Education and Employment Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
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