Fair Work Act 2009

• What amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 were sought by the Federal Morrison Coalition responsible for the introduction of The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020*?
• What were the main arguments put forward by employer associations on behalf of employers to support the Bill?
• What were the main arguments put forward by trade unions on behalf of workers to oppose the Bill?
Part B (1000 words) research and write an essay that addresses the following questions:
• What are an employer and director’s duties to their employees in this scenario under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)? With reference to an organisation you know well, what considerations and implications do (have) these legal duties give(n) rise to?
• What, if any, input do employees have a legal right to in their organisation’s determinations as to its COVID‐19 response under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)? Once again, with reference to the same organisation that you know well, outline if and how the organisation complied with these legal rights.