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Industrial Relations Act 2016
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### 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.