Part 6
Individual employees' terms and conditions of employment
Specific terms and conditions of employment
67FEmployee not to be treated adversely because of refusal to perform certain work
An employer must not treat adversely an employee who refuses to perform work under section 67E.
In this section, an employer treats an employee adversely if the employer—
- refuses or omits to offer or afford to that employee the same terms of employment, conditions of
work, fringe benefits, or opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer as are made available
for other employees of the same or substantially the same qualifications, experience, or skills
employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances; or
- dismisses that employee or subjects that employee to any detriment, in circumstances in which other
employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be dismissed or
subjected to such detriment; or
- retires that employee, or requires or causes that employee to retire or resign.
For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), detriment includes anything that has a detrimental effect on that employee’s employment, job performance, or job satisfaction.
Notes
- Section 67F: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).