AP799690 - Transport Workers’ (Oil Companies) Award 1998
3.1 It is the intention of the respondents to this award to achieve the principal object in s.3(j) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 through the respecting and valuing of the diversity of the workforce 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, natural extraction or social origin.
3.2 Accordingly, in fulfilling their obligations under the settlement of disputes 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.
3.3 Nothing in this clause is taken to effect:
3.3.1 Any different treatment (or treatment having different effects) which is specifically exempted under the Commonwealth anti discrimination legislation;
3.3.2 Junior rates of pay, until 22 June, 2000 or later time determined by the Commission in accordance with s 143(1E) of the Act;
3.3.3 An employee, employer or registered organisation, pursuing matters of discrimination in any State or Federal jurisdiction, including by application to the Human Rights or Equal Opportunity Commission;
3.3.4 The exemptions in s. 170CK(3) and (4) of the Act.
