Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD EMPLOYMENT ACT 2006 - SECT 15B

15B Employer to ensure child is not disadvantaged in relation to employment conditions

(1) An employer of a child to whose employment this part applies (an
"affected employer" ) must ensure that the agreement or arrangement under which the child is employed does not disadvantage the child in relation to the child’s employment conditions.

(2) An agreement or arrangement disadvantages a child in relation to the child’s employment conditions only if the agreement or arrangement reduces the child’s employment entitlements or protections.

(3) In this section—

"employment entitlements or protections" , in relation to a child’s employment conditions, means the entitlements or protections that cover an employee performing similar work to that performed by the child under—

(a) a State award or order; or

(b) the Industrial Relations Act 2016, chapter 2, part 3 and the provisions continued under section 1019 of that Act.