Member

Amendment 270 is unnecessary because assessing how best to support small businesses will be at the core of the fair work agency’s work. Clause 91(2)(c) already provides flexibility for the fair work agency’s enforcement strategy to cover matters that the Secretary of State considers appropriate, such as the impact on small businesses specifically. Amendment 279 would introduce unfairness into the system. While the vast majority of small business officers want to do right by their staff, there are, sadly, as we have been discussing, some bad actors who exploit their workers. It is unfair to let that minority undercut the compliant majority.