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News Items matching Unfair Dismissal

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Date: 18 Nov 2010, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Unfair Dismissal

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - A Wellington bus driver fired for being repeatedly late to work was unfairly dismissed because the disciplinary process w...

Research shows individual contracts cut entitlements - Hulls

Date: 12 Oct 2006, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Industrial Relations, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal

Victorian Industrial Relations Minister Rob Hulls has released research showing small business employees are most at risk of losing their hard-earned entitlements...

ACTU: new data shows IR laws are pushing down take-home pay

Date: 28 Sep 2006, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, OHS, Industrial Relations, Unfair Dismissal

Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Secretary Greg Combet has announced the release of a new ACTU analysis of ABS data showing the IR changes are...

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Date: 18 Nov 2011, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Industrial Relations, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal

In Australia, there are certain protocols and procedures that must be followed if an employer chooses to let go of a worker that must meet statutory, award...

Is it illegal for a referee to provide a negative employment reference?

Date: 26 Oct 2011, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Discrimination, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal

It’s probably safe for this writer to assume, that all readers of this piece have applied for a job at some stage in their lives, and during the job seeking...

Feel like venting about a co-worker on a social media site? Think again because you may get fired

Date: 22 Aug 2011, Filed under: Employment Law - Worker Perspective, Employment Law - Employer Perspective, Unfair Dismissal

Most of us would assume that what we say and do during our own time and outside of work hours is our ‘business’ – and not of our employers – and for the...