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FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 116B

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 116B

116B—Dismissal etc for prohibited reason

        (1)         An employer must not, for a prohibited reason, do or threaten to do any of the following:

            (a)         dismiss an employee from employment;

            (b)         injure an employee in employment;

            (c)         alter the position of an employee to the employee's prejudice;

            (d)         refuse to employ a person;

            (e)         discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions on which the employer offers to employ the person.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (2)         A court by which an employer is convicted of an offence against this section may, on application by the employee (or prospective employee) against whom the offence was committed—

            (a)         award compensation to the applicant for loss resulting from the commission of the offence; and

            (b)         if the applicant was dismissed from employment—order the employer to re-employ the applicant on conditions determined by the court.