Submission to the review of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act

In general, we have been strongly supportive of the amendments and their effect in improving the Australian industrial relations framework. Owing to the limited time available to provide these submissions and the ways in which ERLS assists disadvantaged workers, we are only able to comment upon the following specific amendments in the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act:
1. Limiting the use of fixed-term contracts;
2. Prohibiting pay secrecy clauses;
3. Strengthening the right to request flexible working arrangements and an extension of unpaid parental leave;
4. Amending the Fair Work Act small claims process;
5. Prohibiting job advertisements that would breach the Fair Work Act;
6. Prohibiting sexual harassment in the Fair Work Act; and
7. Strengthening protections against discrimination in the Fair Work Act.