HR managers say they are finding it increasingly difficult to dismiss employees even when they have fair and valid reasons because of provisions protecting staff who exercise workplace rights.
Employees are on track to lodge a record number of applications claiming they were dismissed for exercising a workplace right this financial year.
Workers have filed an average of 1316 dismissal-related general protections claims each quarter in 2023-2024, which – if maintained in the final quarter – would be the highest quarterly average ever recorded.
