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March 2016

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We’re employees…not children!

By | Workplace Rights and Entitlements

I have heard it said by professional advisors that ‘managing employees’ is akin to ‘supervising children’.

As a general employer attitude, this is obviously wrong on many fronts. Wrong, because it undermines the belief that for most of the time on most days, employees across Australia are doing the right thing.

Nearly all employees require little management, they are autonomous and they are hard working.

If the advisor’s attitude is to manage employees like ‘children’, then it is little wonder that some employer’s (who rely on that advice) approach management decisions from completely the wrong angle.

Recently, the Fair Work Ombudsman commenced a Federal Circuit Court claim against an employer’s third party advisor. It alleges that the third party advisor was complicit in the employer’s breach of the Fair Work Act.

Perhaps this type of claim by the FWO may seek to remedy the actions of employer’s who (on advice) act to belittle their employees.

We’re doing our best to change the attitude …

The silver lining….

By | Workplace Rights and Entitlements

Whatever happens, it’s the consequences of the dismissal from work that causes me the most concern. In my experience, rarely is any thought given (by either side of the equation) to the personal circumstances of the dismissed person. Only after it happens, and the reality of a situation sinks in, does the individual start to come to grips with the mountain of problems they will face.

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Helping Employees….it’s what we’re about!

By | Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Rights and Entitlements

Getting Help for Unfair Dismissal

Being told you don’t have a job, regardless of your status in the world, is always a difficult moment.  I know this, because in a legal career expanding some 16 years, I’ve seen the hurt and damage associated with the dismissal of many persons.

The initial reaction is largely the same – bitter disappointment and anger.  Sometimes, the employee is at fault and shouldn’t have done what they did.  Similarly, there are unscrupulous employers who simply do the wrong thing.

The law is designed to protect the individual from the unscrupulous employer.

Helping an employee out in times of trouble is our business.

And here’s where we want to helpout.

Helping an employee out in times of trouble is our business.  Whether that is by way of making a demand on your employer, commencing proceedings or simply pointing you in the right direction – for us, it’s all about helping out.

You should expect from every advisor that they go about their business in a cost-effective, efficient and diligent manner. At Anderson Gray Lawyers, it’s what we strive to do every day.

And, we know our business doesn’t stop with you.  We want to be the law firm that you are happy to refer to your network of friends, if ever any of them find themselves in trouble at work. You can contact our Sydney branch, or search for us in a city near you.