Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE ACT 1999 - SECT 8

             (1)  Before developing a workplace program, a relevant employer must:

                     (a)  confer responsibility for the development and implementation of the program (including continuous review of the program) on a person or persons having sufficient authority and status within the management of the relevant employer to enable the person or persons properly to develop and implement the program; and

                     (b)  consult with employees (or their nominated representatives) of the relevant employer, particularly employees who are women.

             (2)  In preparing a workplace program, a relevant employer must prepare a workplace profile. The workplace profile must relate to the employer's workplace at a specified date occurring not more than 6 months before the start of the period to which the program relates.

             (3)  After preparing the profile, the relevant employer must prepare an analysis of the issues relating to employment matters that the employer would need to address to achieve equal opportunity for women in the employer's workplace.

             (4)  The program must provide for:

                     (a)  actions to be taken in relation to priority issues identified in the analysis; and

                     (b)  evaluation of the effectiveness of the actions in achieving equal opportunity for women in the employer's workplace.

             (5)  A workplace program of a relevant employer may contain any other provision that the relevant employer thinks fit that is not inconsistent with the objects of this Act.

             (6)  A relevant employer must have a workplace program for each reporting period (see section 13A).