Child Employment Act 2006
sec.15BEmployer to ensure child is not disadvantaged in relation to employment conditions
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sec.15B Employer to ensure child is not disadvantaged in relation to employment conditions
An employer of a child to whose employment this part applies (an affected employer ) must ensure that the agreement or arrangement under which the child is employed does not disadvantage the child in relation to the child’s employment conditions. An agreement or arrangement disadvantages a child in relation to the child’s employment conditions only if the agreement or arrangement reduces the child’s employment entitlements or protections. In this section— employment entitlements or protections , in relation to a child’s employment conditions, means the entitlements or protections that cover an employee performing similar work to that performed by the child under— a State award or order; or the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 2 , part 3 and the provisions continued under section 1019 of that Act. s 15B ins 2007 No. 23 s 46 amd 2013 No. 61 s 117 sch 1 pt 2 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 (sec.15B-ssec.1) An employer of a child to whose employment this part applies (an affected employer ) must ensure that the agreement or arrangement under which the child is employed does not disadvantage the child in relation to the child’s employment conditions. (sec.15B-ssec.2) An agreement or arrangement disadvantages a child in relation to the child’s employment conditions only if the agreement or arrangement reduces the child’s employment entitlements or protections. (sec.15B-ssec.3) In this section— employment entitlements or protections , in relation to a child’s employment conditions, means the entitlements or protections that cover an employee performing similar work to that performed by the child under— a State award or order; or the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 2 , part 3 and the provisions continued under section 1019 of that Act.
- (a) a State award or order; or
- (b) the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , chapter 2 , part 3 and the provisions continued under section 1019 of that Act.