147Termination of employment after reinstatement

##### 147 Termination of employment after reinstatement (1) Where a former employer has reinstated an employee in accordance with this Division, he shall not, without reasonable cause, terminate the employment of that employee or vary it by employing the employee in an occupation, or under conditions, less favourable to the employee than the employment in which the employee was so reinstated. Penalty: Two hundred dollars. (2) In proceedings for an offence against this section: (a) where the employment was terminated or varied within six months after reinstatement—the burden is upon the former employer to prove that he had reasonable cause for terminating or varying the employment; and (b) in any other case—the burden is upon the prosecutor to prove that the former employer terminated or varied the employment without reasonable cause.