Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:13_9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 13 cl 9
Character Range: 907681–909570

9  Anti‑discrimination considerations

 (1) Without limiting clause 8, in exercising any of its powers under this Schedule, the Commission must:
 (a) apply the principle that men and women should receive equal remuneration for work of equal value; and
 (b) have regard to the need to provide pro‑rata disability pay methods for transitional employees with disabilities; and
 (c) take account of the principles embodied in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Age Discrimination Act 2004 relating to discrimination in relation to employment; and
 (d) take account of the principles embodied in the Family Responsibilities Convention, in particular those relating to:
 (i) preventing discrimination against workers who have family responsibilities; or
 (ii) helping workers to reconcile their employment and family responsibilities; and
 (e) ensure that its decisions do not contain provisions that discriminate 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.

 (2) For the purposes of the Acts referred to in paragraph (1)(c) and paragraph (1)(e), the Commission does not discriminate against a transitional employee or transitional employees by (in accordance with this Schedule) determining or adjusting terms in a transitional award that determine a basic periodic rate of pay for:
 (a) all junior transitional employees, or a class of junior transitional employees; or
 (b) all transitional employees with a disability, or a class of transitional employees with a disability; or
 (c) all transitional employees to whom training arrangements apply, or a class of transitional employees to whom training arrangements apply.