General protections: best-practice guide — Australia
The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) 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. The general protections protect ‘workplace rights’ as defined broadly in the FW Act. […]