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Ensuring employees receive their entitlements

The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 proposes amendments that aim to ensure employees receive their entitlements, as outlined in the following fact sheets:

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Fact Sheets

  • Compliance and enforcement: Criminalising wage theft, civil penalties and sham contracting
  • Strengthening rights of entry to investigate underpayments
  • Addressing anomalous consequences of the small business redundancy exemption in insolvency contexts
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