Fair Work Act 2009
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343 Coercion
(1) A person must not organise or take, or threaten to organise or take, any action against another person with intent to coerce the other person, or a third person, to:
(a) exercise or not exercise, or propose to exercise or not exercise, a workplace right; or
(b) exercise, or propose to exercise, a workplace right in a particular way.
Note: This subsection is a civil remedy provision (see Part 4‑1).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
(a) protected industrial action; or
(b) discrimination against an employer in the circumstances mentioned in subsection 354(2A) or (2B).