Family Violence and Employment Law
Amanda Alford’s chapter on Family Violence, Employment and AntiDiscrimination Law recognises that the workplace is a form of community, and one of the few common factors in family violence situations.
Work provides long and short-term financial security, independence, confidence and safety for women. There have been recent developments in several large workplaces for example the NSW public service such as introducing paid access to leave on the ground of family violence in Enterprise Agreements and awards, as well as the Australian Public Service Commission broadening personal leave to include family violence. Australia is a world leader in providing this specific workplace support, which also makes economic sense by preventing the unnecessary loss of talented staff and associated recruitment costs.The chapter highlights the important work in the Australian Law Reform Commission’s 2011 Report and others, such as the Australian Council of Human Rights Agencies, the Human Rights Law Centre and Equality Rights Alliance around the inclusion of family violence as a protected attribute under Commonwealth anti-discrimination law.
Source:
Easteal Patricia (ed.). Justice Connections. Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2014. — 322 p.. 2014
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