Newshound
08-05-2013, 01:18 PM
In Devonshire v Magellan Powertronics Pty Ltd & ORS, Ms Devonshire had been employed as a Business Development Manager by Magellan for less than three months before being dismissed.
She claimed that her dismissal amounted to adverse action by the company as a result of her exercising a “workplace right”, namely asserting that she had been underpaid and had been denied her agreed car and mobile phone allowances. The Fair Work Act specifically protects employees who make a complaint or inquiry to their employer regarding their employment.
Read more from Kott Gunning... (http://www.kottgunn.com.au/updates/adverse_action_director_and_manager_properly_named _and_liable)
She claimed that her dismissal amounted to adverse action by the company as a result of her exercising a “workplace right”, namely asserting that she had been underpaid and had been denied her agreed car and mobile phone allowances. The Fair Work Act specifically protects employees who make a complaint or inquiry to their employer regarding their employment.
Read more from Kott Gunning... (http://www.kottgunn.com.au/updates/adverse_action_director_and_manager_properly_named _and_liable)