Case Study: Small Business Employer avoids costly unfair dismissal claims with HR Business Direction

a small business employer avoids a $3,000 unfair dismissal cost with HR Business Direction

A small business employer contacted HR Business Direction for advice after discovering an employee had been stealing from them. The client's challenge was to terminate the employee's employment without facing an unfair dismissal claim.

HR Business Direction advised the client that they had valid grounds for a summary dismissal and that the employee could not sustain an unfair dismissal claim. Despite this advice, the client chose to represent themselves at the conciliation conference and settled the claim, costing them approximately $3,000. This case illustrates how failing to use the professional representation offered by HR Business Direction led to an unnecessary financial loss.