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Newshound
10-07-2013, 01:24 PM
In the recent case of Szanto v ISS Facility Services Pty Ltd [2013] FWC 3270, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has provided some clarification of when a “job” is no longer required to be performed by anyone for the purposes of determining the entitlement to redundancy pay under section 119 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Act). The case also provides guidance about when an employer has obtained “other acceptable employment” for a redundant employee for the purposes of section 120 of the Act, which gives the FWC the power to vary the amount of redundancy pay that is payable by the employer.

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