Stuck on the following position and need some sort of 2nd opinion from the OZB educated audience 😀
Submitted my annual leave form and got it approved by management in Oct. The leave was from late Nov to early Jan. I had accrued leave balance to satisfy that leave. Before leave I had a chat with HR where they stated they will seek redeployment as the work was nearing completion.
On mid Dec while outside Australia, got a call from HR confirming that they have no option of redeployment and have to terminate me immediately from mid Dec. They issued the notice on the same day.
What do you think of that?, is it fair?, just can’t get my head around being terminated while on leave.
Understand there’s no redeployment option but that is the company’s issue not mine. I believe it would be fair to terminate me when my leave ends not before. What do you think??
Contacted FWA but waiting for feedback too.
Edit: Thanks all for useful feedback. It’s a $hit move but doesn’t look like a case for unfair dismissal so I will have to live with it and move forward 🤘
You will still get paid out your entitlements.