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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.287Coercion
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### sec.287 Coercion
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 exercise or not exercise, or to propose to exercise or not exercise, a workplace right; or
to exercise, or to propose to exercise, a workplace right in a particular way.
This subsection is a civil penalty provision.
Subsection (1) does not apply to protected industrial action.
(sec.287-ssec.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 exercise or not exercise, or to propose to exercise or not exercise, a workplace right; or to exercise, or to propose to exercise, a workplace right in a particular way. This subsection is a civil penalty provision.
(sec.287-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to protected industrial action.
- (a) to exercise or not exercise, or to propose to exercise or not exercise, a workplace right; or
- (b) to exercise, or to propose to exercise, a workplace right in a particular way.