Peter Lambos was a bus driver with
the ACT Internal Omnibus Network.
In September 2014 he was having
problems with his driver’s seat and complained about it to a manager.
Three months later, the problem
persisting, he contacted his employer’s workplace health and safety
coordinator.
There was a dispute as to what Mr
Lambos actually said to the coordinator in their conversation but it was not
disputed that he mentioned “Columbine”, a reference to the spree killings at
Columbine High School in the United States in 1999.
Mr...
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Don’t be late! These are the risks of filing an unfair dismissal application out of time.
If you are
terminated from your employment, you will only have 21 days from the date the
dismissal takes effect to file an unfair dismissal of general protections
application with the Fair Work Commission.
The Fair Work
Commission is notoriously strict with its application filing deadlines and will
only extend the time for lodgement in exceptional circumstances.
In the matter of
Langtry and Mitolo Group Pty Ltd, the applicant filed his application
seven weeks’ out of time. Mr Langtry’s explanation for his late lodgement was
that he was unaware...
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