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sec.92Meaning of disciplinary action
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### sec.92 Meaning of disciplinary action
Disciplinary action is any action relating to employment, including, for example, any of the following actions—
termination of employment;
reduction of classification level and a consequential change of duties;
transfer or redeployment;
forfeiture or deferment of a remuneration increment or increase;
reduction of remuneration level;
imposition of a monetary penalty;
if a penalty is imposed, a direction that the amount of the penalty be deducted from the employee’s periodic remuneration payments;
a reprimand.
However, disciplinary action consisting of a monetary penalty can not be more than the total of 2 of the employee’s periodic remuneration payments.
Also, disciplinary action consisting of an amount directed to be deducted from a particular periodic remuneration payment of an employee—
must not be more than half of the amount payable to or for the employee in relation to the payment; and
must not reduce the amount of salary payable to the employee in relation to the period to less than—
if the employee has a dependant—the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period; or
otherwise—two-thirds of the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period.
In this section—
Queensland minimum wage see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , schedule 5 .
(sec.92-ssec.1) Disciplinary action is any action relating to employment, including, for example, any of the following actions— termination of employment; reduction of classification level and a consequential change of duties; transfer or redeployment; forfeiture or deferment of a remuneration increment or increase; reduction of remuneration level; imposition of a monetary penalty; if a penalty is imposed, a direction that the amount of the penalty be deducted from the employee’s periodic remuneration payments; a reprimand.
(sec.92-ssec.2) However, disciplinary action consisting of a monetary penalty can not be more than the total of 2 of the employee’s periodic remuneration payments.
(sec.92-ssec.3) Also, disciplinary action consisting of an amount directed to be deducted from a particular periodic remuneration payment of an employee— must not be more than half of the amount payable to or for the employee in relation to the payment; and must not reduce the amount of salary payable to the employee in relation to the period to less than— if the employee has a dependant—the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period; or otherwise—two-thirds of the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period.
(sec.92-ssec.4) In this section— Queensland minimum wage see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , schedule 5 .
- (a) termination of employment;
- (b) reduction of classification level and a consequential change of duties;
- (c) transfer or redeployment;
- (d) forfeiture or deferment of a remuneration increment or increase;
- (e) reduction of remuneration level;
- (f) imposition of a monetary penalty;
- (g) if a penalty is imposed, a direction that the amount of the penalty be deducted from the employee’s periodic remuneration payments;
- (h) a reprimand.
- (a) must not be more than half of the amount payable to or for the employee in relation to the payment; and
- (b) must not reduce the amount of salary payable to the employee in relation to the period to less than— (i) if the employee has a dependant—the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period; or (ii) otherwise—two-thirds of the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period.
- (i) if the employee has a dependant—the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period; or
- (ii) otherwise—two-thirds of the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period.
- (i) if the employee has a dependant—the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period; or
- (ii) otherwise—two-thirds of the Queensland minimum wage for each week of the period.