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Newshound
15-05-2013, 01:49 PM
If you are a small business employer (ie you and related entities employ fewer than 15 employees, including casuals and part-timers), you will be able to successfully defend an unfair dismissal claim if the dismissal is consistent with the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code. A recent decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (Commission) has highlighted what you need to do to comply with the Code when you want to summarily dismiss (without notice) an employee for serious misconduct.

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