The Fair Work Act 2009 contains an item called the “Fair Dismissal Code for Small Business”. It can be used by small businesses to file an objection that the Commission does not have Unfair Dismissal jurisdiction. But the numbers tells us, that it is underused. Could this be because small business owners don’t know about it?
The infographic below tells the story – only an average of 3 small businesses utilise the code to combat claims.
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