Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY) ACT 2016 (NO. 87, 2016) - SECT 52

                   A person must not organise or take, or threaten to organise or take, any action against another person with intent to coerce the other person, or a third person, to:

                     (a)  employ, or not employ, a particular person as a building employee; or

                     (b)  engage, or not engage, a particular independent contractor as a building contractor; or

                     (c)  allocate, or not allocate, particular duties or responsibilities to a building employee or building contractor; or

                     (d)  designate a building employee or building contractor as having, or not having, particular duties or responsibilities.

Note 1:       See also Division 2 (reason for action and coercion).

Note 2:       Grade A civil penalty.