General protections are intended to protect workplace rights, provide protection from workplace discrimination, andprovide effective relief for persons who have been discriminated against, victimised, or have experienced other unfair treatment.
A general protections dispute occurs when adverse action is taken, or when a threat to take adverse action occurs because a person has one of these rights, exercises such a right or, in some cases, proposes to exercise such a right.
Why you need to know what adverse action is.
Adverse action is taken by an employer representative against an employee if the employer threatens to, organises, or takes action by:
- dismissing the employee
- injuring the employee in his or her employment
- altering the position of the employee to the employee’s prejudice or
- discriminating between the employee and other employees of the employer
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