Senate debates

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Bills

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012; In Committee

8:41 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

It is in relation to the agency reviewing the relevant employer's compliance with the act by seeking further information from the employer and the agency being able to do that on a random basis. I am looking at page 15 of the bill. One of the comments the minister made—in fact, I believe it was former minister Ellis—was that the agency would be able to conduct random checks of employers. A number of employers have raised concerns in relation to the ability to undertake random checks, and I would like some guidelines in terms of what are the random checks and how they are going to be undertaken.

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