Human Rights: On the record: Glossary
On the record
Glossary
Commission | Australian Human Rights Commission (previously the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission or HREOC) |
conviction | a conviction of an offence by a court of law |
CrimTrac | An executive agency established under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) which delivers national information sharing solutions for law enforcement and provides a national police checking service to certain organisations |
AHRC | Act Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) |
ILO 111 | International Labour Organisation Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention 1958 |
inherent requirements | the essential requirements of a particular job or position |
National Police Certificate | a document issued by an Australian Police Agency detailing a person’s police check results |
police check | a check undertaken by an Australian Police Agency or CrimTrac |
spent convictions | old convictions determined to be ‘spent’ under spent conviction and offender rehabilitation laws and schemes |
unfair dismissal laws | industrial relations laws which provide protection against unfair dismissal from employment |
unrecorded conviction | a finding of guilt by a court of law where no conviction was recorded, usually an indication that the offence was not considered serious enough to record a conviction, taking into account the nature of the offence and the likely impact of the recorded conviction on the offender’s economic or social well-being |
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