On 9 July 2010 George Bollas was the occupational health and safety representative at several Brookfield Multiplex Construction Pty Ltd (BMCPL) Building the Education Revolution (BER) sites in Victoria, and a member of the CFMEU.
The ABCC alleges that at a project in Penders Grove, Victoria on 9 July 2010 Mr Bollas contravened:
• s.346 (a) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) by taking adverse action against another person because they were not a member of a union; in the alternative, s.346 (b) of the FW Act by taking adverse action against another person because they proposed not to become a member of the union;
• s.348 of the FW Act by threatening to take action against another person with intent to coerce them to join a union; and
s.349 (1)(a) of the FW Act by knowingly or recklessly making a misleading statement about a person’s obligation to join a union.