EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 22 Principal must accommodate contract worker's responsibilities as parent or carer

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010 - SECT 22

    (1)     A principal must not, in relation to the work arrangements of a contract worker, unreasonably refuse to accommodate the responsibilities that the contract worker has as a parent or carer.

Example

A principal may be able to accommodate a contract worker's responsibilities as a parent or carer by allowing the contract worker to have flexible start, finish or break times.

    (2)     In determining whether a principal unreasonably refuses to accommodate the responsibilities that a contract worker has as a parent or carer, all relevant facts and circumstances must be considered, including—

        (a)     the contract worker's circumstances, including the nature of his or her responsibilities as a parent or carer; and

        (b)     the nature of the work contracted for; and

        (c)     the nature of the arrangements required to accommodate those responsibilities; and

        (d)     the financial circumstances of the principal; and

        (e)     the size and nature of the workplace and the principal's business; and

        (f)     the effect on the workplace and the principal's business of accommodating those responsibilities, including—

              (i)     the financial impact of doing so;

              (ii)     the number of persons who would benefit from or be disadvantaged by doing so;

              (iii)     the impact on efficiency and productivity and, if applicable, on customer service of doing so; and

        (g)     the consequences for the principal of making such accommodation; and

        (h)     the consequences for the contract worker of not making such accommodation.

S. 22A inserted by No. 14/2021 s. 26.