Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:1_83bb
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 83BB
Character Range: 72233–74870

83BB  Functions of the Employment Advocate

 (1) The functions of the Employment Advocate are:
 (a) to promote the making of workplace agreements; and
 (b) to provide assistance and advice to employees and employers (especially employers in small business) and organisations in relation to workplace agreements; and
 (c) to provide education and information to employees, employers and organisations in relation to workplace agreements; and
 (d) to promote better work and management practices through workplace agreements; and
 (e) to accept lodgment of:
 (i) workplace agreements; and
 (ii) notices about transmission of instruments; and
 (f) to provide advice to employees, employers and organisations about awards and the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard; and
 (g) to provide aggregated statistical information to the Minister; and
 (h) to authorise multiple‑business agreements in accordance with the regulations; and
 (i) to give to the Minister, in accordance with the regulations, information and copies of documents; and
 (j) to disclose information that relates to the functions of workplace inspectors to workplace inspectors in response to requests from workplace inspectors; and
 (k) to disclose information to workplace inspectors that the Employment Advocate considers on reasonable grounds is likely to assist the inspectors in performing their functions; and
 (l) to analyse workplace agreements; and
 (m) to perform any other function conferred on the Employment Advocate by this Act, another Act, the regulations or the Registration and Accountability of Organisations Schedule.

 (2) In performing his or her functions relating to workplace agreements, the Employment Advocate must encourage parties to agreement‑making to take account of the needs of workers in disadvantaged bargaining positions (for example: women, people from a non‑English speaking background, young people, apprentices, trainees and outworkers).

 (3) In performing his or her functions, the Employment Advocate must have particular regard to:
 (a) assisting workers to balance work and family responsibilities; and
 (b) the need to prevent and eliminate discrimination because of, or for reasons including, race, colour, sex, sexual preference, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.

 (4) Regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(i) may require that documents given to the Minister are given with such deletions as are necessary to prevent the identification of individuals to whom the documents refer.