Section 527C — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

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

(a) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, done at New York on 18 December 1979 ([1983] ATS 9); and

(b) Articles 2 and 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, done at New York on 16 December 1966 ([1976] ATS 5); and

(c) the ILO Convention (No. 111) concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, done at Geneva on 25 June 1958 ([1974] ATS 12); and

(d) Article 7, and paragraphs (b) and (e) of Article 10, of the ILO Convention (No. 190) concerning Violence and Harassment, done at Geneva on 21 June 2019; and

(e) the Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (Recommendation No. 206), which the General Conference of the ILO adopted on 21 June 2019;

by prohibiting sexual harassment of workers, persons seeking to become workers and persons conducting businesses or undertakings, and providing remedies when that happens.

Note 1: The Conventions mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (c) and the Covenant could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 2: The Convention mentioned in paragraph (d) and the Recommendation could in 2022 be viewed on the ILO website (http://www.ilo.org).

Related sections

• s 527 — Contravening an FWC order dealing with a dispute about the operation of this Part
• s 527A — Guide to this Part
• s 527B — Meaning of employee and employer
• s 527CA — Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws
• s 527D — Prohibiting sexual harassment in connection with work
• s 527E — Vicarious liability etc.

Research how courts apply s 527C

BriefBridge searches Australian caselaw by meaning — every answer cited to the paragraph.