Section 536LK — Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

What is an unfair termination

A person has been unfairly terminated if:

(a) the person was performing work in the road transport industry; and

(b) the person has been terminated; and

(c) the termination was unfair; and

(d) the termination was not consistent with the Road Transport Industry Termination Code.

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Related sections

s 536LG — Meaning of deactivated
s 536LH — Criteria for considering whether a deactivation was unfair etc.
s 536LJ — Minister to make a Digital Labour Platform Deactivation Code
s 536LL — Meaning of terminated
s 536LM — Criteria for considering whether a termination was unfair etc.
s 536LN — Minister to make Road Transport Industry Termination Code

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