AP818795 - Queensland Post Compulsory and Higher Education Academic Staff (Conditions of Employment) Award 2002
8.1 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 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, national extraction or social origin.
8.2 Nothing in this clause is to be taken to affect:
8.2.1 any different treatment (or treatment having different effects) which is specifically exempted under the Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation;
8.2.2 junior rates of pay.
8.2.3 an employee, employer or registered organisation, pursuing matters of discrimination in the State or Federal jurisdiction, including by application to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission;
8.2.4 the exemptions in s.170CK (3) and (4) of the Act.
