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View Full Version : Refusal to work overtime leads to dismissal, adverse action claim and reinstatement



Moz
06-12-2012, 12:13 PM
The Federal Magistrates’ Court has ordered an employer to reinstate a worker who was dismissed after he refused to work compulsory rostered overtime.

The decision, handed down earlier this month, appears to put some significant qualifications around parts of the Fair Work Act and similar modern award provisions, which, at face value, allow an employer to require workers to work ‘reasonable’ additional hours.

Read more... (http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/5046/industrial-and-employment-law-alert-refusal-to-wor.aspx)