Workplace Relations Amendment (Protection for Emergency Management Volunteers) Act 2003 (Cth)

Workplace Relations Amendment (Protection for Emergency Management Volunteers) Act 2003

No. 76, 2003

An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments Workplace Relations Act 1996

Workplace Relations Amendment (Protection for Emergency Management Volunteers) Act 2003

No. 76, 2003

An Act to amend the Workplace Relations Act 1996, and for related purposes

[Assented to 15 July 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Workplace Relations Amendment (Protection for Emergency Management Volunteers) Act 2003.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Workplace Relations Act 1996

1 Subsection 170CB(6) After "conventions", insert "and recommendation".

2 At the end of subsection 170CK(1) Add: ; and (c) the Termination of Employment Recommendation, 1982, which the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation adopted on 22 June 1982 and is also known as Recommendation No. 166.

3 Paragraph 170CK(2)(h) Omit "leave.", substitute "leave;".

4 At the end of subsection 170CK(2) Add: (i) temporary absence from work because of the carrying out of a voluntary emergency management activity, where the absence is reasonable having regard to all the circumstances.

5 At the end of section 170CK Add:

(5) For the purposes of this section, an employee carries out a voluntary emergency management activity if, and only if: (a) the employee carries out an activity that involves dealing with an emergency or natural disaster; and (b) the employee carries out the activity on a voluntary basis; and (c) the employee is a member of, or has a member‑like association with, a recognised emergency management body; and (d) either: (i) the employee was requested by or on behalf of the body to carry out the activity; or (ii) no such request was made, but it would be reasonable to expect that, if the circumstances had permitted the making of such a request, it is likely that such a request would have been made.