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In a decision that should end shock waves through the small business community Australia’s industrial umpire has ruled that a long-term employee who was legitimately sacked for repeated safety breaches must be reinstated and paid compensation because of his poor education and poor job prospects.
In the latest ruling to concern business, Fair Work Australia found the worker had engaged in “relatively serious misconduct”, but ruled the sacking harsh due to his length of service and the fact he was a poorly educated middle-aged family man.

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Businesses have become increasingly concerned in hiring new employees in what is not good news for potential employees.

In the last 6 months since the inception of Fair Work an increase in unfair dismissal applications have been lodged to 5200 claims. Only half of these claims have been resolved through conciliation.

However the good news is that you can risk manage your business from the merry-go-round of unfair dismissal by taking appropriate action and advice.

Contact Biz Momentum today for assistance. www.biz-momentum.com

With the introduction of the Fair Work Act 2009 all employers have increased obligations when terminating the employment of an employee to ensure they did so within accepted legislative guidelines. 

Employees are now able to allege that their termination and retrenchment was a sham and the onus is on you, the Employer, to prove otherwise. 

At Biz Momentum we have assisted many employers to safely manage legitimate employee terminations and redundancies. We were approached recently to represent an employer in the ‘industrial commission’. The employer was vindicated having conducted the retrenchment within legislative requirements. However we noticed that the process to prove their innocence was protracted and time consuming. 

There are lawful and legitimate ways to protect your business – if you don’t get a termination of employment right expect to be seriously out of pocket.  Visit us at www.biz-momentum.com for further assistance and contact details.