Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018
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60 Notifications by employers
S. 60(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 20.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), if an employer of a disability worker reasonably believes that the disability worker has behaved in a way that constitutes notifiable conduct, the employer must notify the Commission of the notifiable conduct as soon as practicable.
See section 62 which provides protection from civil and administrative liability for persons who, in good faith, make a notification under this Act.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an employer of a disability worker if the employer receives disability services from the relevant disability worker in the course of the disability worker's employment.
employer, of a disability worker, means a person that employs the disability worker under a contract of employment or a contract for services.