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How to sue your boss for getting fired, even if you earn $175,000-plus

How to sue your boss for getting fired, even if you earn $175,000-plus

If you earn more than $175,000 a year and aren’t covered by an award, you can’t bring an unfair dismissal claim. But that doesn’t mean you can’t sue your boss.

Euan BlackWork and careers reporter

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Should well-paid executives be able to claim unfair dismissal if they are sent packing from their job?

If you get sacked while earning more than $175,000 a year, your legal options appear to be limited: you earn too much to bring an unfair dismissal claim in Fair Work, which is a relatively quick and cheap option.

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Euan BlackWork and careers reporterEuan Black is a work and careers reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Email Euan at euan.black@afr.com

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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/unfair-dismissal-is-not-the-only-way-bosses-are-being-sued-20240815-p5k2sk