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Unfair Dismissal Compensation - What The Law Says by Javier Stout
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Unfair Dismissal Compensation - What The Law Says by JAVIER STOUT
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| Article Posted: 01/24/2012 |
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The basic award is limited to no greater than around?? 11, 000.
The compensatory award is given to reflect any financial or other losses which the employee has suffered as a result of being unfairly dismissed. It will take into consideration the losing wages, the difficulty the fact that employee may have locating a new job, the loss of any other benefits such as a company car or health-plan, and the point that when he does discover a new job, the employee will need to work for a year before he is protected from unfair dismissal. The total amount of the compensatory award is limited to a maximum of approximately?? 65, 000.
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The Fair Work Take action 2009 (Cth) ('the Act') accessories significant changes to unjust dismissal laws and just how claims will be made and processed. The relevant parts of the Act entered into pressure on 1 July 2009 as part of the Federal Government's objective to straighten out the controversial restrictions to unfair dismissal set by way of the previous Government through WorkChoices, and to create a more efficient and accessible dispute resolution mechanism with regard to employees and employers.
All unfair dismissal claims is going to be managed by Fair Succeed Australia ('FWA'), the brand new and independent workplace relations tribunal created within the Act, as part of its assumed responsibility for all industrial relations matters together with dispute resolution. The Australian Industrial Relations Commission can therefore stop operating on 31 December 2009, once FWA is made and old claims have been resolved.
The Act goes for all employees in Victoria, ACT and the Northern Territory. It contains a restricted application in other states, where it only affects those employees who ? re;
• employed by a constitutional corporation;
• utilized by the Commonwealth authority; and also
• a waterside member of staff, maritime employee or airline flight crew officer in interstate or overseas trade or commerce.
Accordingly, employees in NSW who don't fit within the above categories will still be governed by NSW Condition legislation and workplace awards.
Unfair Dismissal
The Act is in keeping with previous legislation in it's recognition of unfair dismissal as being the termination of an occupation contract in circumstances which can be 'harsh, unjust or unreasonable'. Such circumstances take into account whether there was a justification for the dismissal and whether the employee was given notice of, and an opportunity to respond to, the same.
Implications for Small businesses
Small business employers may now find it more difficult to terminate employment contracts. Under the prior unfair dismissal provisions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996, employers who employed less than one hundred employees have been guarded from unfair dismissal claims as their employees were excluded from bringing an application. This is no longer the outcome, however eligibility requirements to make a claim are slightly several for employees of small companies, which is defined by way of the Act as an employer who employs fewer than fifteen employees when the relevant dismissal.
A very small business Fair Dismissal Code ('the Code') has been introduced under the Act and also its particular Regulations to assist small company employers in managing that dismissal of employees and compliance with statutory requirements. If an employment contract is terminated in a manner inconsistent with this Code there may been grounds on an unfair dismissal claim.
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