Industrial Relations Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous
78. Penalties imposed upon persons observing award
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A person bound by an award shall not —
be subject to expulsion from any trade union or platform work association or to any fine or penalty or to any deprivation of any right or benefit to which he or his legal personal representative would otherwise be entitled; or
be liable to be placed in any respect either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any disadvantage as compared with other members of the trade union or platform work association, as the case may be,by reason of the fact that he has worked or is working or intends to work in accordance with the terms of an award.
If a trade union or platform work association or the body by whatever name called to which the management of the affairs of the trade union or platform work association is entrusted declares that it —
trade union
“trade union” means a trade union of employees or employers registered under any written law for the time being in force relating to the registration of trade unions;
expels or intends to expel any member; or
imposes or intends to impose any fine, penalty, deprivation, disability or disadvantage upon a member,where the expulsion, fine, penalty, deprivation, disability or disadvantage would be contrary to subsection (1), the trade union or platform work association (as the case may be) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a District Court to a fine not exceeding $5,000.