Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TEXTILES, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT 1988 No. 14 of 1988 - SECT 49

49. (1) An employer shall not:

   (a)  dismiss an employee from his or her employment, or prejudice an
        employee in his or her employment, because the employee has appeared
        as a witness, or has given any evidence, at an inquiry; or

   (b)  dismiss or threaten to dismiss an employee from his or her employment,
        or prejudice or threaten to prejudice an employee in his or her
        employment, because the employee proposes to appear as a witness or to
        give evidence at an inquiry.
Penalty:

   (a)  in the case of a natural person-$1,000 or imprisonment for 2 weeks, or
        both; or

   (b)  in the case of a body corporate-$5,000.

(2) In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), if all the relevant
facts and circumstances, other than the reason of an action alleged in the
charge, are proved, it lies upon the defendant to establish that the action
was not taken for that reason.