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12-02-2011, 06:39 PM
We have a reception/admin/accounts person currently working 30hrs a week. The prev person that filled this role was full time, but we allowed this person to work less hours so that they can do school drop offs.
Then they changed end time from 4.30 one day to 2.30 so that they could take a child to an after school activity.
Last year this person had 4 weeks a/l (given extra leave as a bonus), also had a couple of weeks lwop, and a nice handful+ of sick days.
Now they want to change their hours to 25hrs and finish early 3 days a week.
This is not acceptable to the business as a key task of this role is to man the phones and sometimes there is noone else in the office.
My question - if this person cannot do a min of 30hrs a week can we then terminate the position as they do not have the capacity to do the job?
To further complicate things, this role was an area that I was wanting to add more tasks to and expand, not further reduce!
Can we lawfully terminate, and what are the employers rights? As employers we try to make the workplace pleasant and family-friendly, but feel like we are getting pushed beyond what is reasonable!
Then they changed end time from 4.30 one day to 2.30 so that they could take a child to an after school activity.
Last year this person had 4 weeks a/l (given extra leave as a bonus), also had a couple of weeks lwop, and a nice handful+ of sick days.
Now they want to change their hours to 25hrs and finish early 3 days a week.
This is not acceptable to the business as a key task of this role is to man the phones and sometimes there is noone else in the office.
My question - if this person cannot do a min of 30hrs a week can we then terminate the position as they do not have the capacity to do the job?
To further complicate things, this role was an area that I was wanting to add more tasks to and expand, not further reduce!
Can we lawfully terminate, and what are the employers rights? As employers we try to make the workplace pleasant and family-friendly, but feel like we are getting pushed beyond what is reasonable!