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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.288Undue influence or pressure
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### sec.288 Undue influence or pressure
An employer must not exert undue influence or undue pressure on an employee in relation to a decision by the employee—
to make or not make an agreement or arrangement under the Queensland Employment Standards; or
to make or not make an agreement or arrangement under a term of an industrial instrument; or
to agree or not agree to a deduction from amounts payable to the employee in relation to the performance of work.
This section is a civil penalty provision.
This section can apply to decisions whether to agree to performing work on keeping in touch days—see section 80 .
- (a) to make or not make an agreement or arrangement under the Queensland Employment Standards; or
- (b) to make or not make an agreement or arrangement under a term of an industrial instrument; or
- (c) to agree or not agree to a deduction from amounts payable to the employee in relation to the performance of work.