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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 296

Domestic violence

296 Domestic violence

(1) 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.
(2) 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) a domestic violence order;
(b) a police protection notice;
(c) an application for a domestic violence order.
(3) 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 notice" has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 .



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