The word 'work' in s 133(1) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) means 'employment' or 'job' broadly, not merely active work obligations. A worker who is on-call during defined hours is 'in the course of work' for the purposes of statutory vicarious liability, even while passively waiting for calls. Common law vicarious liability principles (including those in Prince Alfred College v ADC) are not applicable to the construction of s 133(1).
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