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Version date: 3 July 2023 - onwards
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16A. Protection of employees from penalisation.

(1) An employer shall not penalise an employee for proposing to exercise or having exercised his or her entitlement to parental leave, force majeure leave, leave for medical care purposes, domestic violence leave or his or her entitlement to make a request referred to in section 13B(1) or 15A(2).

(2) Penalisation of an employee includes -

(a) dismissal of the employee,

(b) unfair treatment of the employee, including selection for redundancy, and

(c) an unfavourable change in the conditions of employment of the employee.