Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00840:section:41a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00840
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 41A
Character Range: 56715–58184

41A  Commonwealth employment programs
 (1) This Part does not make an exempted employment program unlawful.
Example: A Commonwealth program that provides young people with an opportunity to get work experience with a view to improving their prospects of getting employment would be covered by this subsection.
 (2) This Part does not make unlawful anything done by a person in accordance with an exempted employment program.
 (3) In this section:
exempted employment program means a program, scheme or arrangement that:
 (a) is conducted by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Government; and
 (b) is primarily intended to:
 (i) improve the prospects of participants getting employment; or
 (ii) increase workforce participation; and
 (c) meets at least one of the following requirements:
 (i) it is also intended to meet a need that arises out of the age of persons of a particular age, regardless whether the need also arises out of the age of persons of a different age;
 (ii) it is also intended to reduce a disadvantage experienced by people of a particular age, regardless whether the disadvantage is also experienced by persons of a different age;
 (iii) it requires participants to enter into contracts, and is not made available to persons under the age of 18;
 (iv) it is made available to persons eligible for a particular Commonwealth benefit or allowance;
 (v) it is not made available to persons eligible for a particular Commonwealth benefit or allowance.