WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 688 Object and application of Division

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 688

                   The object of this Division is to give effect, or further effect, to:

                     (a)  the Family Responsibilities Convention; and

                     (b)  the Workers with Family Responsibilities Recommendation, 1981, which the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation adopted on 23 June 1981 and is also known as Recommendation No. 165;

by providing for a system of unpaid parental leave, and a system of unpaid adoption leave, that will help men and women workers who have responsibilities in relation to their dependent children:

                     (c)  to prepare for, enter, participate in or advance in economic activity; and

                     (d)  to reconcile their employment and family responsibilities.

Note:          Employer , employee and employment have their ordinary meaning in this Division. See sections 5, 6 and 7 and Schedule 2.