Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 - SECT 66L

  (1)   An employer must not reduce or vary an employee's hours of work, or terminate an employee's employment, in order to avoid any right or obligation under this Division.

Note:   The general protections provisions in Part   3 - 1 also prohibit the taking of adverse action by an employer against an employee (which includes a casual employee) because of a workplace right of the employee under this Division.

  (2)   Nothing in this Division:

  (a)   requires an employee to convert to full - time employment or part - time employment; or

  (b)   permits an employer to require an employee to convert to full - time employment or part - time employment; or

  (c)   requires an employer to increase the hours of work of an employee who requests conversion to full - time employment or part - time employment under this Division.