Ordinary disciplinary procedures don’t apply for staff under probation. Probation periods in employment contracts Written employment agreements often provide for a probation period of 3-6 months to assess a person’s performance in their new role. Employment can be terminated at any point within this period without risk of an unfair dismissal application. Employment contracts…
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A business owner I met recently relayed an experience he had with an employee that left work one day and didn’t come back. Without a word to anyone. After several days without contact from the employee, the Managing Director assumed the employee had resigned and processed the person’s termination pay. It was decided to redistribute the…
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The National Employment Standards (NES)* permit an employer to direct an employee to take paid annual leave if the requirement is reasonable. Requiring staff to use some of their accrued annual leave for a shutdown between Christmas and New Year would be considered reasonable in most cases. But like everything, there are always exceptions. And…
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Can you believe it is only 10 weeks to Christmas. If they haven’t already, employees will soon be asking for time off over the Christmas/New Year period. If it is ‘business as usual’ at your workplace over the holiday season, you will appreciate how much of a headache approving leave at Christmas can be, and…
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