Section 757A — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

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

(a) paragraph (f) of Article 10 of the ILO Convention (No. 190) concerning Violence and Harassment, done at Geneva on 21 June 2019; and

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

by providing employees with an entitlement to paid family and domestic violence leave that will help mitigate the impact of domestic violence in the world of work.

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

Related sections

• s 755 — Modification of provision about interaction with paid leave
• s 756 — Modification of provision about relationship between National Employment Standards and agreements
• s 757 — Modification of power to make regulations
• s 757B — Extending the entitlement to paid family and domestic violence leave
• s 757BA — Employer obligations in relation to pay slips
• s 757C — Contravening the extended paid family and domestic violence leave provisions

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