An unfair dismissal claim can land in your inbox within days of terminating an employee. The Fair Work Commission receives thousands of these applications every year, and the process moves fast - you'll typically have just seven days to respond after being notified of a claim. This guide walks you through what unfair dismissal actually means for employers, who is eligible to bring a claim, what the Fair Work Commission looks for when deciding a case, and how to build a proces

General protections claims are, in many respects, the more serious legal risk for employers compared to unfair dismissal - yet most employers know far less about them. The compensation is uncapped. There is no minimum employment period. And under section 361 of the Fair Work Act, the burden of proof is reversed: once the employee establishes that they hold a protected attribute or exercised a workplace right, the employer must prove that attribute or right was not a substanti

The Game-Changer in Australian Employment Law The Albanese Labor Government is shaking up the industrial relations landscape with its...

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