Nearly half of part-time and contract workers fear that taking time off could result in them being made redundant.
For the past year, Mario* had been looking forward to visiting his parents overseas. Two weeks into his holiday, he decided to check his work emails and found one from his manager asking him to contact him. Attached was a redundancy letter.
The company had undergone several restructures, management changes and a new CEO. Another major change, the company downsized to smaller premises. “With all these changes, perhaps the writing was on the wall – but to do this while I’m away was extremely cowardly,” he said. The experience has left him nervous about taking holidays or time off in future, and he’s not the only one.survey reveals 42 per cent of insecure workers reported being worried about taking time off because it would negatively affect their employment.Employment law expert and principal Tim McDonald from McCabe lawyers said a company is entitled to make employees redundant for operational reasons but, they have to do it the right way.
If a redundancy is not genuine, or an employee is selected for redundancy for a discriminatory or other unlawful reason, they may make a claim to the Fair Work Commission for unfair dismissal or a breach of the general protections set out in the Fair Work Act. Any concerns about changes in the business, the best strategy is to speak to a manager and ask them directly if there will be redundancies. A genuine redundancy and good process is one where an employee is treated with kindness and respect.
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