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Committee's Report

The committee tabled its report on 14 February 2020. The Bill was passed with amendment on 17 June 2020. 

About the Bill

On 27 November 2019, the Hon Grace Grace MP, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations introduced the Community Services Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Bill 2019 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Education, Employment and Small Business Committee for detailed consideration.  

The purpose of the Bill is to establish a portable long service leave (PLSL) scheme for the community services industry in Queensland.

The explanatory notes state the PLSL scheme would:

• cover workers (listed in Schedule 1 of the Bill) performing community services work, including contract workers, engaged by an employer that is established for, or with purpose including, providing community services. The description of community services is informed by the sector profile in the Deloitte report, Forecasting the future: Community Services in Queensland 2025 and the scope set out in the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010
• also cover other workers engaged by an employer to support the provision of community services work
• apply to both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations in the community services industry
• provide workers with a PLSL entitlement after 7 years’ service with accrual at the rate of the existing statutory entitlement of 8.67 weeks after 10 years’ service so prescribed in the Industrial Relations Act 2016
• require an employer to pay a levy calculated on an employee’s ordinary wages and report on an employee’s service
• be administered by the existing PLSL Authority, QLeave (which currently administers PLSL schemes for the building and construction industry and the contract cleaning industry), with oversight by a governing board consisting of a chair, deputy chair with financial/investment expertise, and an equal number of employer and employee representatives
• amend the Industrial Relations Act 2016 to make clear that an employee whose employment is terminated through an illness-related incapacity will be entitled to pro rata long service leave in accordance with that Act.

Submissions

Submissions are now closed.  Published submissions can be accessed under the "View Submissions" tab.

Public hearings

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Timeline

Submissions closed:            4:00pm, Monday 16 December 2019

Public hearing:                    Tuesday 21 January 2020 - Program - Broadcast - Transcript

Public briefing:                    Tuesday 21 January 2020 - Program - Broadcast - Transcript

Report due date:                  Friday 14 February 2020 - Report

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