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Industrial Relations Act 2016
sec.291Protection
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### sec.291 Protection
A person must not take adverse action against another person because the other person—
is or is not, or was or was not, an officer or member of an industrial organisation; or
engages, or has at any time engaged or proposed to engage, in industrial activity within the meaning of section 290 (a) or (b) ; or
does not engage, or has at any time not engaged or proposed to not engage, in industrial activity within the meaning of section 290 (d) to (g) .
This section is a civil penalty provision.
s 291 amd 2022 No. 27 s 3 sch 1
- (a) is or is not, or was or was not, an officer or member of an industrial organisation; or
- (b) engages, or has at any time engaged or proposed to engage, in industrial activity within the meaning of section 290 (a) or (b) ; or
- (c) does not engage, or has at any time not engaged or proposed to not engage, in industrial activity within the meaning of section 290 (d) to (g) .