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FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 743

Object of this Division

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

  (a)   the ILO Convention   (No.   156) concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities, done at Geneva on 23   June 1981 ([1991] ATS 7); and

  (b)   the Workers with Family Responsibilities Recommendation, 1981 (Recommendation No. R165) which the General Conference of the ILO adopted on 23   June 1981;

by providing for a system of unpaid parental leave and related entitlements, that will help men and women workers who have responsibilities in relation to their dependent children:

  (c)   to prepare for, enter, participate in or advance in economic activity; and

  (d)   to reconcile their employment and family responsibilities.

Note 1:   In 2009, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website   (www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 2:   In 2009, the text of a Recommendation adopted by the General Conference of the ILO was accessible through the ILO website (www.ilo.org).


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