FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 117

FAIR WORK ACT 1994 - SECT 117

117—Prohibition of discrimination in supply or purchase of goods or services

        (1)         A person who carries on a business involving the supply or purchase of goods or services must not discriminate against an employer by refusing to supply or purchase goods or services, or in the terms on which goods or services are supplied or purchased, on the ground that the employer's employees are, or are not, members of an association.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (2)         A person must not, on the ground that an employer's employees are, or are not, members of an association—

            (a)         attempt to induce a person who carries on a business involving the supply or purchase of goods or services to discriminate against an employer by refusing to supply or purchase goods or services, or in the terms on which goods or services are supplied or purchased; or

            (b)         attempt to prevent a person who carries on a business involving the supply or purchase of goods or services from supplying or purchasing goods or services to or from the employer.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (3)         This section does not prevent an association from discriminating between members and non-members of the association.