Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 771

    The object of this Division is to give effect, or further effect, to:

  (a)   the ILO Convention   (No.   111) concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation, done at Geneva on 25   June 1958 ([1974] ATS 12); and

  (b)   the ILO Convention   (No.   156) concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities, done at Geneva on 23   June 1981 ([1991] ATS 7); and

  (c)   the ILO Convention   (No.   158) concerning Termination of Employment at the Initiative of the Employer, done at Geneva on 22   June 1982 ([1994] ATS 4); and

  (d)   the Termination of Employment Recommendation, 1982 (Recommendation No. R166) which the General Conference of the ILO adopted on 22   June 1982; and

  (e)   the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women done at New York on 18   December 1979 ([1983] ATS 9); and

  (f)   article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights done at New York on 16   December 1966 ([1980] ATS 23); and

  (g)   paragraph   2 of article 2, and articles 6 and 7, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights done at New York on 16   December 1966 ([1976] ATS 5).

Note 1:   In 2009, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website   (www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 2:   In 2009, the text of a Recommendation adopted by the General Conference of the ILO was accessible through the ILO website (www.ilo.org).