It's illegal for an employer to threaten an employee with dismissal to force the employee to:
- do something they are entitled to do under a Commonwealth workplace law, agreement or order
- not do something they are entitled to do under a Commonwealth workplace law, agreement or order
- exercise a workplace right in a particular way.
Examples of things you may be entitled to do include voting for a enterprise agreement or taking on the role of employee representative.
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