Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021

1 Short title

This Act is the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Act 2021.

2 Commencement

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

4 Review of operation of amendments

The Minister must cause a review to be conducted of the operation of the amendments made by this Act.

Without limiting the matters that may be considered when conducting the review, the review must:

consider whether the operation of the amendments made by this Act is appropriate and effective in the context of Australia’s changing employment and economic conditions; and

identify any unintended consequences of the amendments made by this Act; and

(c) consider whether amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 and the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009, or any other legislation, are necessary to:

improve the operation of the amendments made by this Act under paragraph (a); or

rectify any unintended consequences identified under paragraph (b).

The review must start as soon as practicable after the end of 12 months after this section commences.

The persons who conduct the review must give the Minister a written report of the review within 6 months of the commencement of the review.

The Minister must cause a copy of the report of the review to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives the report.