The Senate Select Committee on Job Security is calling for submissions to its inquiry, due by Wednesday 31 March 2021.

The committee has elected Senator Tony Sheldon as Chair and Senator Matthew Canavan as Deputy Chair. A full list of the committee’s membership is available here.

The committee is due to table its final report on 30 November 2021. The committee intends to hold hearings in capital cities and regional areas across Australia in 2021. Information about hearings will be published on the committee’s website soon.

The committee will inquire into and report on the impact of insecure or precarious employment on the economy, wages, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions.

This includes issues such as income and housing security and dignity in retirement as well as federal and state and territory taxes.

Individuals and organisations wishing to make a submission to the inquiry can do so online via the Inquiry website. Alternatively, submissions may be emailed as an attached document to [email protected].

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Terms of Reference

That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Job Security, be established to inquire into and report on the impact of insecure or precarious employment on the economy, wages, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions, with particular reference to:

  1. the extent and nature of insecure or precarious employment in Australia;
  2. the risks of insecure or precarious work exposed or exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis;
  3. workplace and consumer trends and the associated impact on employment arrangements in sectors of the economy including the ‘gig’ and ‘on-demand’ economy;
  4. the aspirations of Australians including income and housing security, and dignity in retirement;
  5. the effectiveness, application and enforcement of existing laws, regulations, the industrial relations system and other relevant policies;
  6. accident compensation schemes, payroll, federal and state and territory taxes;
  7. the interaction of government agencies and procurement policies with insecure work and the ‘on-demand’ economy; and
  8. any related matters.

 

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