18LOffence for employers to take detrimental action against employees

18L Offence for employers to take detrimental action against employees (1) An employer must not dismiss or threaten to dismiss an employee or take or threaten to take any other detrimental action against an employee because, or in the belief that, the employee has given information to the office of the Ombudsman. Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months. (2) It is a defence in a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) if the reason referred to in subsection (1) was not a reason for the dismissal or other detrimental action. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if an employer dismisses or threatens to dismiss an employee or takes or threatens to take any other detrimental action against an employee because the employee unlawfully gave information to the office of the Ombudsman. S. 18M inserted by No. 2/2019 s. 163.