AP799111 - Tugboat Industry Award 1999
7.1 It is the intention of the respondents to this award to achieve the principal object in s.3(j) of the Act through respecting and valuing the diversity of the work force 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, union membership or non-membership, national extraction or social origin.
7.2 Accordingly, in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute settlement procedures 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.
7.3 Nothing in this clause is taken to affect:
7.3.1 any different treatment (or treatment having different effects) which is specifically exempted under the Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation;
7.3.2 an employee, employer or union, pursuing matters of discrimination in any State or federal jurisdiction, including by application to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission;
7.3.3 the exemptions in s.170CK (3) and (4) of the Act.
