Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 778

                   In addition to the object set out in section 3, this Part has the following objects:

                     (a)  to ensure that employers, employees and independent contractors are free to become, or not become, members of industrial associations;

                     (b)  to ensure that employers, employees and independent contractors are not discriminated against or victimised because they are, or are not, members or officers of industrial associations;

                     (c)  to provide effective relief to employers, employees and independent contractors who are prevented or inhibited from exercising their rights to freedom of association;

                     (d)  to provide effective remedies to penalise and deter persons who engage in conduct which prevents or inhibits employers, employees or independent contractors from exercising their rights to freedom of association.