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What is a trade and commerce employer?

 

 

A trade and commerce employer is a person who, in connection with constitutional trade or commerce; employs, or usually employs, an individual as:

  • a flight crew officer
  • a maritime employee, or
  • a waterside worker.[1]

Constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce:

  • between Australia and a place outside Australia
  • among the states
  • between a state and a territory
  • between two territories, or
  • within a territory.[2]

References

[1] Fair Work Act ss.14(1)(d) and 338(3).

[2] Fair Work Act s.12.

Updated time

Last updated

15 June 2018

 

 

 

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