Industrial Relations Act 2016

An employer must not take adverse action against a person who is an employee, or prospective employee, of the employer because someone has committed, or is committing, domestic violence against the person.

Note—

This subsection is a civil penalty provision.

For subsection (1), it is not necessary that the person have the benefit of, or be named as the aggrieved under, any of the following—

a domestic violence order;

a police protection direction;

a police protection notice;

an application for a domestic violence order.

In this section—

aggrieved has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012.

domestic violence order has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012.

police protection direction has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012.

police protection notice has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012.