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Workplace Relations and Employment Update (Australia)
General Protections: Best Practice Guide
27 January 2012
by Allan Drake-Brockman, Andrew Ball, Simon Billing, Rick Catanzariti, Nick Ruskin
The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) contains a broad set of general protections against discriminatory, unfair or unlawful conduct. The general protections prohibit coercion, misrepresentation, unlawful termination, discrimination and more, creating civil remedy provisions that can be enforced in court.
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