Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT 2004 - SECT 41A

             (1)  This Part does not make an exempted employment program unlawful.

Example:    A Commonwealth program that provides young people with an opportunity to get work experience with a view to improving their prospects of getting employment would be covered by this subsection.

             (2)  This Part does not make unlawful anything done by a person in accordance with an exempted employment program.

             (3)  In this section:

"exempted employment program" means a program, scheme or arrangement that:

                     (a)  is conducted by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Government; and

                     (b)  is primarily intended to:

                              (i)  improve the prospects of participants getting employment; or

                             (ii)  increase workforce participation; and

                     (c)  meets at least one of the following requirements:

                              (i)  it is also intended to meet a need that arises out of the age of persons of a particular age, regardless whether the need also arises out of the age of persons of a different age;

                             (ii)  it is also intended to reduce a disadvantage experienced by people of a particular age, regardless whether the disadvantage is also experienced by persons of a different age;

                            (iii)  it requires participants to enter into contracts, and is not made available to persons under the age of 18;

                            (iv)  it is made available to persons eligible for a particular Commonwealth benefit or allowance;

                             (v)  it is not made available to persons eligible for a particular Commonwealth benefit or allowance.