Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 340

  (1)   A person must not take adverse action against another person:

  (a)   because the other person:

  (i)   has a workplace right; or

  (ii)   has, or has not, exercised a workplace right; or

  (iii)   proposes or proposes not to, or has at any time proposed or proposed not to, exercise a workplace right; or

  (b)   to prevent the exercise of a workplace right by the other person.

Note:   This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part   4 - 1).

  (2)   A person must not take adverse action against another person (the second person ) because a third person has exercised, or proposes or has at any time proposed to exercise, a workplace right for the second person's benefit, or for the benefit of a class of persons to which the second person belongs.

Note:   This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part   4 - 1).