4. Can I be paid while taking industrial action?
It is illegal for an employer to pay an employee for any
period of industrial action, and for employees to accept
pay for any period of industrial action. It is also illegal for
a union and its members to make claims for pay for any
period of industrial action or to threaten further
industrial action for such pay. This prohibition applies
even if the industrial action is “protected”.
The prohibition does not apply where work has stopped
or is being performed differently by an employee or
employees who have a reasonable concern about an
imminent risk to their personal health and safety owing
to unsafe working conditions. Nor does it apply to
employees who are on leave or on a rostered day off.
Blackhander, I would interpret this as saying the company can not dock me for refusing O/Tor refusing higher duties only for a stop work meeting.
The down side is that the association can not stop anyone working as the company requests if they want to, and no penalty can be imposed by the association
Last edited by company_spy; 17th Dec 2007 at 00:24.
Reason: Correct spelling