This federal legislation prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, education, publicly available premises, provision of goods and services, accommodation, clubs and associations, and other contexts.
This federal legislation makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person because of his or her race, colour, descent, national origin or ethnic origin, or immigrant status.
The Fair Work Act 2009 is one of the primary pieces of legislation that govern the employment relationship in most of Australia’s private workplaces. It is the foundation of all minimum standards and regulations for employment that fall within the national workplace system. The Act also gives employees a guaranteed safety net of fair, relevant and enforceable minimum terms and conditions through the National Employment Standards (NES), Modern Awards and National Minimum Wage orders.
Duty of care refers to the consideration of values and ethics, basic human rights and ethical codes of conduct. For example, as a worker in client care, you must maintain a duty of care to yourself, your clients and your organisation. This means conducting yourself in a professional manner and protecting your clients’ rights to health, safety, dignity, confidentiality and self-determination. There are also restrictions to what you can take on in your role.
This is a legal requirement to ensure the safety and welfare of employees and other people at work. It also aims to ensure that the health and safety of the public is not put at risk by work activities. The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) is the main workplace health and safety law in Victoria.
Mandatory reporting refers to the legal requirement of certain groups of people e.g. out of home care workers and youth justice workers, to report a reasonable belief of child physical or sexual abuse to child protection authorities.