A telecommunications salesperson has won his unfair dismissal claim and more than $12,000 compensation after he was sacked for requesting annual leave. Industrial advocates say the employee might have been awarded more money if he had made a general protections…
Workers with strong evidence to back up their claim of unfair dismissal have a much better chance of winning their case, according to industrial relations specialists. The advice comes from Jeremy Walton, consultant at Industrial Relations Claims, who fights unfair…
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…
Cricket Australia is facing an unlawful dismissal claim, not to mention a public relations disaster, after sacking a woman who expressed her political views about abortion on social media. The case has once again raised the issue of workers' rights…
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…
