ICA Submissions
Over the years, ICA has articulated and defended the rights and interests of independent contractors through a range of submissions to parliamentary inquiries and committees, as well as to various statutory organisations. Those submissions are grouped here by broad category and then by date.
Franchising/Vulnerable workers
Analysis of Vulnerable Workers Bill: Why the Bill should be passed in the Senate substantially unchanged [May 2017]
Submission to the Senate Committee on the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 [April 2017]
Briefing paper: The 7-Eleven (and more) saga and why new laws to protect franchisee workers should be passed by Federal Parliament [March 2017]
Taxation
Reforming the ATO: The Power to Audit is the Power to Destroy [April 2018]
Submission to the Draft Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax 3 Transparency) Bill 2018: Transparency of taxation debts 9 February 2018
ICA Submission to Parliamentary Tax Office Review of ATO Scrutiny [March 2016]
ICA Submission to Inspector-General of Taxation [December 2015]
ICA Submission to Board of Taxation Review [2014]
Competition Policy
Submission: Misuse of market power—the effects test [2016]
Submission to the Federal Government's Competition Policy Review [2014]
Superannuation
ICA Submission on Transparency Measures for Superannuation [January 2016]'Insecure' Work
The Victorian Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017: Why it needs to be rejected [February 2018] (Summary to same is here)
ICA Submission to the Victorian Inquiry into Labour Hire and Insecure Work [November 2015]
Unfair Contracts
Submission to Senate Economics Legislation Committee on Unfair Contract Term Protections to Small Businesses [2015]
Submission to Federal Treasury’s Consultation Paper – Extending Unfair Contract Term Protections to Small Businesses [2015]
Small Business Commissioners/Dispute Settlement/Prompt Payment
Submission to Senate Inquiry Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bill [2015]
ICA submission to Federal Inquiry into Small Business [2014]
Submission to the Review of the powers and role of the Victorian Small Business Commissioner [2013]
ICA Submission on Proposed powers of the New South Wales Small Business Commissioner [2012]
Resolution of Small Business Disputes – Submission to Options Paper [2011]
Construction Sector
Submission to the Inquiry into the provisions of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Amendment Bill 2017 [February 2017]
ICA's Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Public Infrastructure: Provision, Funding, Financing and Costs [2014]
“It’s a long way to fall, mate!” – Submission to the Victorian CCCU Inquiry: Compliance with the law in the Victorian construction industry [2012
Workers' Compensation
Submission to New South Wales Workers' Compensation Scheme Inquiry [2012]
Submission to NSW Review of Workers' Compensation: Definition of a Worker [2005]
Occupational Health and Safety
ICA Submission to the Western Australia Work Health and Safety Bill 2014 [2015]
Submission to the National Review into Model Occupational Health and Safety Laws – Response to the Issues Paper May 2008 [2008]
ICA Submission to Victorian OH&S Inquiry [2003]
Independent Contractors Act
Submission to Senate Inquiry: Independent Contractors Bill [2006]
ICA's Response to Questions contained in DEWR discussion paper 'Proposals for Legislative Reforms in Independent Contracting and Labour Hire Arrangements [2005]
Submission to Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation: Inquiry into Independent contractors and labour hire arrangements [2005]
Owner-Drivers
Submission to Review of Victorian laws governing owner-drivers and forestry contractors [January 2017]
ICA Objection to ACCC re TWU-Toll Collective Bargaining [November 2015]
Submission to the House Committee inquiry into the Road Safety Remuneration Bills [2011]
Submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission – An Application from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union for authorization for collective negotiations by owner-drivers with earthmoving contractors in South-East Queensland [2008]
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