AP777903 - Crisis Assistance Supported Housing (Queensland) Award 1999

PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS 

42. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

42.1 It is the intention of the respondents to this award to achieve the principal object in section 3(j) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 through respecting and valuing the diversity of the work by helping to prevent and eliminate discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, sexual preference, age physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.

42.2 Accordingly, in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute avoidance and settling clause, the respondents must make every endeavour to ensure that neither the award provisions nor their operation are directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects.

42.3 Nothing in this clause is to be taken to affect:

42.3.1 any different treatment (or treatment having different effects) which is specifically exempted under the Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation;

42.3.2 junior rates of pay, until 22 June 2000 or later date determined by the Commission in accordance with s.143 (1E) of the Act;

42.3.3 an employee, employer or registered organisation, pursuing matters of discrimination in any State or federal jurisdiction, including by application to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission; or

42.3.4 the exemptions in sections 170CK(3) and (4) of the Act.