Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025

Senator BARBARA POCOCK (South Australia) (10:46): I move the second reading amendment standing in my name on sheet 3411: At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate: (a) notes that: (i) reforms to work from home arrangements are long overdue, and (ii) all employees should have the right to work from home for up to 2 days a week where practical; and (b) calls on the Government to legislate a right to work from home which provides that: (i) all employees have the right to request work from home arrangements for up to 2 days a week, (ii) employers are required to positively consider such requests and may only refuse a request if it would make the performance of the inherent requirements of the role seriously impractical or impossible, and (iii) employers are required to take into account any reasonable adjustments that could be made before refusing the request".

The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Sharma ): The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Pocock be agreed to.