18Termination of employment after reinstatement

##### 18 Termination of employment after reinstatement (1) Where an employer has reinstated a former employee in accordance with this Division, or in accordance with the National Security (Reinstatement in Civil Employment) Regulations, he shall not, except as required by subsection (5) of section sixteen of this Act or 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 him than the employment in which he was so reinstated. Penalty: Two hundred dollars. (2) In any proceedings for a contravention of this section, the onus shall, where the employment was terminated or varied within six months after reinstatement, be on the employer to prove that he terminated or varied the employment as required by subsection (5) of section sixteen of this Act or that he had reasonable cause for terminating or varying the employment and, in any other case, the onus shall be on the prosecutor.