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Australia has a highly regulated employment market with complex legislation designed to protect the legal rights of employees. Our specialist employment claim solicitors deal with employer/employee disputes on a national basis including discrimination, harassment, unlawful dismissal, redundancy and industrial relations. Our client base is extensive and we handle compensation claims for all employees, ranging from school leavers in their first job right through to senior management executives. The legislation interpreted by our employment claim solicitors which is appropriate to these disputes includes :-
Our employment claim solicitors can give you advice on a wide range of employment rights including :-
Since 1st January 2010 almost all industrial relations claims, unlawful discrimination allegations, redundancies, employment disputes and financial awards dealt by employment claim solicitors will rely on the new Fair Work Act 2009 (FWA) which has replaced the previous Work Choices legislation. The most obvious change that this legislation has brought about relates to unfair dismissal and unlawful dismissal. Probably the most contentious matter introduced by the FWA is in regards to the protection now offered to employees of smaller businesses with the FWA applying to businesses with more than 15 employees whereas the previous minimum limit was 100 employees. A lot more employees have now been brought under the protection of the legislation. The FWA also includes new provisions for redundancy, disputes, awards and parental leave. Maximum financial awards have been codified and it is anticipated that not only will more employees qualify for an award but there will be a general increase in the amounts that are awarded.