requires care or support because of: (a) a personal illness, or personal injury, affecting the member; or (b) an unexpected emergency affecting the member.’ Section 12 immediate family of a national system employee means: a spouse, de facto partner, ‘(a) child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee; or (b) a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the employee.’ Workplace Gender Issues of gender equality are Advantage: The Section 2A Equality Act defined as including family and principal objects of Objects of Act 2012(Cth) caring responsibilities the Act explicitly (replaced the family and caring principal objects of this ‘The Equal Opportunity responsibilities as key Act are: for Women in the components of gender Workplace Act equality. (a) to promote and improve 1999 (Cth)) gender equality (including Limitation: equal remuneration between women and men) in No definition of care employment and in the relationships or level workplace; and of responsibilities outlined in this Act. (b) to support employers to remove barriers to the full and equal participation of
requires care or support because of: (a) a personal illness, or personal injury, affecting the member; or (b) an unexpected emergency affecting the member.’ Section 12 immediate family of a national system employee means: ‘(a) a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee; or (b) a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the employee.’ Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012(Cth) (replaced the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (Cth)) Issues of gender equality are defined as including family and caring responsibilities Section 2A Objects of Act ‘The principal objects of this Act are: (a) to promote and improve gender equality (including equal remuneration between women and men) in employment and in the workplace; and (b) to support employers to remove barriers to the full and equal participation of Advantage: The principal objects of the Act explicitly family and caring responsibilities as key components of gender equality. Limitation: No definition of care relationships or level of responsibilities outlined in this Act.
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