How does Defences unacceptable behaviour policy apply to contractors?
DI (G) PERS 35-3 is intended to cover situations where contracted staff members are working with ADF members and/or Defence APS employees in a common workplace. The ASDEFCON templates now contain specific references to these instructions, which all contracted organisations/individuals are required to comply with. In situations where a contractor (organisation or individual) is performing their contracted role for Defence, but does not have anything to do with Defence APS employees or ADF members, they are still expected to comply with all extant State and federal requirements regarding workplace health and safety, as well as the terms of their contract. If the contract was signed prior to Feb 2004, and makes no specific mention of Defence’s unacceptable behaviour regulations, the contractor and their employees must still comply with the requirements of the Workplace Relations Act, OH&S Act and the various discrimination acts. All properly constructed contracts also contain a ‘specified
