Other rights and obligations
(1) An employer must not do any of the following in order to avoid any right or obligation under this Division: (a) reduce or vary an employee’s hours of work; (b) change the employee’s pattern of work; (c) terminate an employee’s employment. Note: The general protections provisions in Part 3‑1 also prohibit the taking of adverse action by an employer against an employee (which includes a casual employee) because of a workplace right of the employee under this Division. (2) Nothing in this Division: (a) requires an employee to change to full‑time employment or part‑time employment under this Division; or (b) permits an employer to require an employee to change to full‑time employment or part‑time employment under this Division; or (c) requires an employer to increase the hours of work of an employee who gives a notification to change to full‑time employment or part‑time employment under this Division. (3) To avoid doubt, each of the following is a workplace right within the meaning of Part 3‑1: (a) giving an employer a notification under section 66AAB; (b) receiving a response from an employer in accordance with section 66AAC; (c) being taken to be a full‑time employee or part‑time employee under section 66AAD; (d) receiving an offer or notice in accordance with sections 66B and 66C; (e) accepting an offer and receiving a notice under section 66E; (f) participating in a dispute about the operation of this Division in accordance with sections 66M and 66MA. Note: The general protections provisions in Part 3‑1 prohibit adverse action, coercion, undue influence or pressure, and misrepresentations because of a workplace right of an employee.
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