A worker has won his unfair dismissal claim and $12,000 compensation after being sacked for requesting annual leave. However, experts say the telecommunications salesperson missed out on a higher payout because he made the wrong claim. An employee is eligible…
Unfair dismissal claims are helped with strong evidence, according to industrial advocates. Jeremy Walton is a consultant from IR Claims and helps clients file unfair dismissal and general protections claims. "We often end up with 'he said, she said' scenarios,…
Sacked ABC boss Michelle Guthrie is demanding to be reinstated as CEO of the public broadcaster, according to documents filed in the Federal Court. Guthrie is also seeking compensation (with interest) for losses and damages, for being unlawfully dismissed half…
Can you be sacked for expressing a political opinion? The short answer is - it depends on which state you work in. Cricket Australia is facing an unlawful dismissal claim after sacking a worker who expressed her political views about…
A single mother who was regularly late for work at a poultry factory because of family responsibilities has won her unfair dismissal case. But employment law experts say she made the wrong claim - instead of unfair dismissal, the employee…
A disability carer has lost his unfair dismissal claim after he was sacked for misconduct, which included washing a client’s bottom with a broom. Clinton Dahler was suspended from his job at the Burn Group House in the ACT after…
A former manager of a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant who was accused of stealing has been awarded more than AUD$10.5 million compensation after it was found that she was wrongfully terminated. Jeanette Ortiz was accused in 2015 of stealing AUD$832…
Workers who have been sacked are potentially missing out on thousands of dollars in compensation by filing the the wrong claim following their dismissal, according to Industrial Relations Claims. IR Claims is advising workers who have lost their job to…
In an extraordinary admission, the owners of Barry Cafe in Melbourne have admitted to underpaying staff and not providing legal break times, claiming they got their information about their workplace obligations from Google. The comments come after Barry Cafe was…
It might seem like a joke, but this is the contract allegedly given to new employees at Melbourne’s Barry Cafe in Northcote. The contract has a number of blank sections for a worker to fill out, including their name, and…
