DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 57B Youth wages

DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 57B

    (1)     This section applies if an award provides for the payment of reduced wages to employees under 21 years old.

    (2)     If this section applies, section 10 (1) or (2) (a) or (b) does not make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person on the ground of age—

        (a)     if the person is 21 years old or older—in relation to the offer of employment to a person under 21 years old; or

        (b)     if the person is under 21 years old—in relation to the payment of reduced wages to the person in accordance with the award.

    (3)     In this section:

"award" means a modern award made under the Fair Work Act 2009

(Cwlth).