Senate debates Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008

In Committee


Joe Ludwig

Joe Ludwig Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate

10:14 am

So the question is: can a person be subject to both a no show, no pay failure and a reconnection failure on the same day? The short answer is no, for the purpose of calculating a penalty. The loss of one-tenth of a fortnightly payment would apply. Both, however, could be taken into account—let us not be obtuse about this—for the purpose of a comprehensive compliance assessment.

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