Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jun 28
th, 2019 at 9:54am:
Secret Wars wrote on Jun 28
th, 2019 at 9:52am:
My objection is to the extent to which an employer can govern what’s posted on a persons social page which has nothing at all to do with the employer or employment and further to that the legality of a contract that puts such control in an employers hands.
I agree that would suck. Thats not what happened here though.
Here it is - the original.
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018C00512/Html/Volume_2#_Toc533167701772 Employment not to be terminated on certain grounds
(1) An employer must not terminate an employee’s employment for one or more of the following reasons, or for reasons including one or more of the following reasons:
(a) temporary absence from work because of illness or injury of a kind prescribed by the regulations;
(b) trade union membership or participation in trade union activities outside working hours or, with the employer’s consent, during working hours;
(c) non‑membership of a trade union;
(d) seeking office as, or acting or having acted in the capacity of, a representative of employees;
(e) the filing of a complaint, or the participation in proceedings, against an employer involving alleged violation of laws or regulations or recourse to competent administrative authorities;
(f) race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, family or carer’s responsibilities, pregnancy,
religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin;
(g) absence from work during maternity leave or other parental leave;
(h) temporary absence from work for the purpose of engaging in a voluntary emergency management activity, where the absence is reasonable having regard to all the circumstances.