Paid family and domestic violence leave a priority for the new governmentPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has identified paid family and domestic violence leave as one of the new government’s first legislative reform priorities. In media interviews over the weekend, the Prime Minister revealed that climate change targets, ten days domestic and family violence leave and the creation of Jobs and Skills Australia will be the government’s first three pieces of business when the new parliament sits in July. This echoes reports that Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has said that legislating the paid leave as a universal right would be his first parliamentary act. Mandating paid domestic violence leave under the national employment standards will cover about 8.5 million Australians, considerably enhancing access beyond the Fair Work Commission’s decision granting the right to 2.7 million workers on industry awards.
Minister Burke also said that he wouldn’t delay implementing all recommendations from the [email protected] report, including creating a positive duty to prevent workplace sexual harassment.
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