Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Many people are under increasing pressure in finding it difficult to balance work and home responsibilities. Despite this, a short time ago Labor and the coalition voted to defeat my bill that would give people, and especially carers, an enforceable right to flexible working arrangements subject to it not unduly impacting on their employer. Does the government agree that people and carers who seek better work-life balance should have an enforceable right to request flexible working arrangements and a right to appeal if their boss unreasonably says no?

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