AN140103 – Electrical Contracting Industry Award - State 2003
4.8.1 It is the intention of the parties to this Award to prevent and eliminate discrimination as defined by the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 and the Industrial Relations Act 1999 which includes:
(a) discrimination on the basis of sex, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, parental status, age, race, impairment, religion, political belief or activity, trade union activity, lawful sexual activity and association with, or relation to, a person identified on the basis of the above attributes;
(b) sexual harassment; and
(c) racial and religious vilification.
4.8.2 Accordingly, in fulfilling their obligations under the grievance and disputes settling procedure in clause 3.1 the parties to this Award must take reasonable steps to ensure that neither the Award provisions nor their operation are directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects.
4.8.3 Under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 it is unlawful to victimise an employee because the employee has made or may make or has been involved in a complaint of unlawful discrimination or harassment.
4.8.4 Nothing in clause 4.8 is to be taken to affect:
(a) any different treatment (or treatment having different outcomes) which is specifically exempted under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991;
(b) an employee, employer or registered organisation, pursuing matters of discrimination, including by application to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission/Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland.
