Page 2236 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 31 October 1989
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Mr Stefaniak: It is in the committee report. Read it. It is on page 20.
MR MOORE: Is this your recommendation, Mr Stefaniak?
Mr Stefaniak: Yes.
MR MOORE: Yes, but it was something that was barely discussed, if at all, in the committee. It is in Mr Stefaniak's recommendations; I am aware of that. To bring about this sort of change now seems to me to be totally pointless. It is not necessary for the legislation. Having resolved this particular problem in the committee, why bring up this particular amendment again and again, as we will see later, unless there is something planned with other people? On this particular occasion I have to support the Deputy Chief Minister in saying that, having had reluctantly to accept this legislation, the Liberals have now started to see how they can make it less and less effective by weakening it in any way they can. That is all we are seeing here.
MR DUBY (8.07): I was going to say, Mr Speaker, on this matter of 21 days, that we have got the situation now where the designated work groups have been extended to 20 people. We have now got three weeks for an employer to walk in with 19 or 20 people and do a job. There are many, many, many jobs around this town that could be done by a team of 20 people within 21 days and, according to the amendment put up by Mr Stefaniak, they would never come under the category of this legislation. To me it is ludicrous to suggest that we should extend the period of time from 14 to 21 days. My party opposes it.
Mr Kaine: I think it is very sensible indeed, Mr Duby.
MR DUBY: Well, from the point of view of the employers, Trevor, certainly it is extremely sensible.
Amendment negatived.
MR STEFANIAK (8.09): Mr Speaker, I move:
Page 17, line 38, omit "14", substitute "21".
I move this for the same reasons I have mentioned before.
Amendment negatived.
MR STEFANIAK (8.10): I move the following amendment:
Page 18, line 27, omit all words after "consulting", substitute "such of the employees as the employer considers appropriate.".
This one actually caused my friend Mr Collaery some problem, so we will see what happens there. Again, Mr
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