557Course of conduct

557 Course of conduct

(1) For the purposes of this Part, 2 or more contraventions of a civil remedy provision referred to in subsection (2) are, subject to subsection (3), taken to constitute a single contravention if:

(a) the contraventions are committed by the same person; and

(b) the contraventions arose out of a course of conduct by the person.

(2) The civil remedy provisions are the following:

(a) section 44 (which deals with contraventions of the National Employment Standards);

(b) section 45 (which deals with contraventions of modern awards);

(c) section 50 (which deals with contraventions of enterprise agreements);

(d) section 280 (which deals with contraventions of workplace determinations);

(e) section 293 (which deals with contraventions of national minimum wage orders);

(f) section 305 (which deals with contraventions of equal remuneration orders);

(fa) subsection 306F(2) (which deals with the protected rate of pay payable to employees covered by a regulated labour hire arrangement order);

(fb) subsection 306H(3) (which deals with the obligations of regulated hosts covered by a regulated labour hire arrangement order);

(fc) subsection 306N(3) (which deals with the contravention of alternative protected rate of pay orders);

(fd) subsection 306Q(7) (which deals with the contravention of arbitrated protected rate of pay orders);

(g) subsection 323(1) (which deals with methods and frequency of payment);

(h) subsection 323(3) (which deals with methods of payment specified in modern awards or enterprise agreements);

(i) subsection 325(1) (which deals with unreasonable requirements on employees to spend or pay amounts);

(ia) subsection 325(1A) (which deals with unreasonable requirements on prospective employees to spend or pay amounts);

(j) subsection 417(1) (which deals with industrial action before the nominal expiry date of an enterprise agreement etc.);

(k) subsection 421(1) (which deals with contraventions of orders in relation to industrial action);

(l) section 434 (which deals with contraventions of Ministerial directions in relation to industrial action);

(la) subsection 527D(1) (which deals with sexual harassment in connection with work);

(m) subsection 530(4) (which deals with notifying Centrelink of certain proposed dismissals);

(n) subsections 535(1), (2) and (4) (which deal with employer obligations in relation to employee records);

(o) subsections 536(1), (2) and (3) (which deal with employer obligations in relation to pay slips);