WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 576K Terms providing for outworkers

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 576K

             (1)  In this section:

"outworker" means:

                     (a)  an employee who, for the purposes of the business of the employer, performs work at private residential premises or at other premises that are not business or commercial premises of the employer; or

                     (b)  an individual who is a party to a contract for services, and who, for the purposes of the contract, performs work:

                              (i)  in the textile, clothing or footwear industry; and

                             (ii)  at private residential premises or at other premises that are not business or commercial premises of the other party to the contract or (if there are 2 or more other parties to the contract) of any of the other parties to the contract.

             (2)  A modern award may include either or both of the following:

                     (a)  terms relating to the conditions under which an employer may employ employees who are outworkers (including terms relating to the pay or conditions of the outworkers);

                     (b)  terms relating to the conditions under which an eligible entity (within the meaning of Division 4) may arrange for work to be carried out for the entity (either directly or indirectly) by outworkers (including terms relating to the pay or conditions of the outworkers).

Note:          In paragraph (2)(a), employee and employer have the meanings given by subsections 5(1) and 6(1).