76Employer not to dismiss etc. employees on certain grounds

#### 76 Employer not to dismiss etc. employees on certain grounds (1) An employer must not: (a) dismiss an employee; or (b) do an act that results in an employee being injured in his or her employment; or (c) prejudicially alter the employee’s position (whether by the deduction or withholding of remuneration or by any other means); or (d) threaten to take action, in relation to the employee, that is referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); because the employee: (e) has complained or proposes to complain about a matter concerning the health, safety or welfare of employees at work; or (f) has assisted or proposes to assist, by the giving of information or otherwise, the conduct of an investigation; or (g) has ceased, or proposes to cease, to perform work, in accordance with a direction by a health and safety representative under paragraph 37(1)(b), not being a cessation or proposed cessation that continues after: (i) the health and safety representative has agreed with a person supervising work the subject of the direction, that the cessation or proposed cessation was not, or is no longer necessary; or (ii) an investigator has, under subsection 37(4), made a decision that has the effect that the employee should perform the work. > Note: An employer who breaches this section may be subject to civil action (see Schedule 2).