Coercion – allocation of duties to particular person

A person must not organise or take, or threaten to organise or take, any action against another person with intent to coerce the other person, or a third person, to:

1. employ, or not employ, a particular person; or
2. engage, or not engage, a particular independent contractor; or
3. allocate, or not allocate, particular duties or responsibilities to a particular employee or independent contractor; or
4. designate a particular employee or independent contractor as having, or not having, particular duties or responsibilities.

A person cannot take action which will force another person to make specific business decisions which they would not otherwise make.

Example

A union representative must not threaten to organise industrial action to force the employer to only employ members of the union in the future.

There are no exceptions.