(1) An employer shall not penalise or threaten penalisation of a worker for -

(a) invoking any right conferred on him or her by this Chapter,

(b) making a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission that a provision of this Chapter has been contravened, or

(c) giving notice of his or her intention to do either of the matters referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the making of a complaint that is a protected disclosure within the meaning of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

(3) In proceedings under Part 4 of the Act of 2015 in relation to a complaint that subsection (1) has been contravened, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the worker concerned has acted reasonably and in good faith in forming the opinion and making the communication concerned.