sec.296Domestic violence

### sec.296 Domestic violence An employer must not take adverse action against a person who is an employee, or prospective employee, of the employer because someone has committed, or is committing, domestic violence against the person. This subsection is a civil penalty provision. For subsection (1) , it is not necessary that the person have the benefit of, or be named as the aggrieved under, any of the following— a domestic violence order; a police protection direction; a police protection notice; an application for a domestic violence order. In this section— aggrieved has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . domestic violence order has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . police protection direction has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . police protection notice has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . s 296 amd 2025 No. 18 s 83 sch 1 (sec.296-ssec.1) An employer must not take adverse action against a person who is an employee, or prospective employee, of the employer because someone has committed, or is committing, domestic violence against the person. This subsection is a civil penalty provision. (sec.296-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , it is not necessary that the person have the benefit of, or be named as the aggrieved under, any of the following— a domestic violence order; a police protection direction; a police protection notice; an application for a domestic violence order. (sec.296-ssec.3) In this section— aggrieved has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . domestic violence order has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . police protection direction has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . police protection notice has the meaning given by the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . - (a) a domestic violence order; - (b) a police protection direction; - (c) a police protection notice; - (d) an application for a domestic violence order.