WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 675 Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 675

                   In this Subdivision:

"adviser" means:

                     (a)  a person or body engaged for fee or reward to represent an applicant or a respondent in an unfair termination application, including a person or body so engaged under a contingency fee agreement, or under a costs arrangement within the meaning of subsection 656(5); or

                     (b)  a person who is an employee, official or agent of a registered organisation of employees and who represents an applicant or a respondent in an unfair termination application in that capacity.

"encourage" , in relation to a course of action, means the promotion of that course of action as distinct from a failure to dissuade from that course of action.

"unfair termination application" means an application for relief under section 643 by an employee whose employment has been terminated, on the ground, or on grounds that include the ground, that the termination was harsh, unjust or unreasonable.