Discrimination at work because of trade union activities
Discrimination
at work because of trade union activities
Human Rights Commissioner's Report No. 9 is Discrimination
on the Ground of Trade Union Activity (29 June 2000). The report deals
with complaints by three employees of O'Brien Metal Products that they
were harassed and forced to leave their employment because they had participated
in trade union activity concerning perceived unsafe working conditions.
The Commissioner found that the company had discriminated against all
three employees and recommended that each should be compensated.
The Report is available
in Word
Format (93K) and as a PDF
document (123K).
Last
updated 2 December 2001.