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31/03/2026

If you are entitled to paid leave, whether based on your contract or the law, your employer is supposed to pay it accordingly.

If your employer fails to do so, you may be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

You may even be entitled to receive back pay for the unpaid leave you were supposed to receive.

Click the link and check out the blog to learn more about if you are supposed to be receiving paid leave and what steps you can take if it’s not being given to you.

If you are entitled to paid leave, whether based on your contract or the law, your employer is supposed to pay it accordingly. If your employer fails to do so, you may be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

24/03/2026

6 Ways That You May Be Unfairly Dismissed From Your Job

You should not be fired from your job unless your employer has a legitimate reason and has followed the proper process.

If your employer fired you without a legitimate reason or without following the proper process, then you may have been unfairly dismissed, and you may be entitled to get compensation or even to get your job back.

Employees get dismissed in many different ways, and oftentimes these dismissals are unfair.

Here are 6 ways that you may be unfairly dismissed:

1. If you are accused of misconduct in the workplace (eg. absenteeism or breaching a company policy), and your employer fires you without conducting a proper investigation and giving you a fair opportunity to defend yourself;

2. If you have been fired for “performing poorly”, but your superiors have not provided you with the necessary training or given you enough opportunities to improve your performance;

3. If your employer gives you notice of termination and there is no valid reason for firing you (even if your employment contract states that it can be terminated by giving written notice);

4. If you are fired, without notice, for no reason;

5. If your employer forces you to resign;

6. If your employment contract is allowed to expire without being renewed;

Even if you do not have a written employment contract, you still have the right not to be unfairly dismissed in any of these ways.

If you were unfairly dismissed, you may be entitled to compensation or even to be reinstated in your job.

It is best to get advice as soon as you are dismissed from your job.

23/03/2026

Some employees work with companies who “break the employee’s service” for a few weeks each year and then re-engage them.

If your employer ends your contract to “break your service”, but they do not call you back to work, this may be considered an unfair dismissal and you may be entitled to compensation.

Click the link and check out our blog to learn more.

If your employer ends your contract to “break your service”, but they do not call you back to work, this may be considered an unfair dismissal and you may be entitled to compensation.

30/12/2025

What Can You Do If Your Manager is Victimizing You?

Many employees feel that they are victimized, oppressed or mistreated at work.

If your boss is treating you in an unfair manner and making the workplace intolerable for you, that may amount to a constructive dismissal- and you may be entitled to compensation.

Victimization or unfair treatment may take the form of:

▪️Disrespecting or Ridiculing You in Front of Others

▪️Constantly Instructing You To Do Things Outside of Your Job Role

▪️Reducing Your Hours / Work Days

▪️Giving Unfair/Unjust Disciplinary Sanctions (Warning Letters, Suspensions, Etc.)

▪️Scoring You Poorly on Appraisals/KPIs Without Any Basis For Doing So

▪️Blaming/Punishing You For Results That You Weren’t Responsible For

▪️Communicating With You in a Harsh, Rude or Disrespectful Manner

▪️Demoting You Without a Legitimate Reason

▪️Threats of Dismissal

▪️Using Obscene, Insulting or Inappropriate Language Towards You

▪️Any Unjustified, Unfair or Unreasonable Behaviour That Makes The Environment Intolerable

If your boss is doing any of those, here’s what you can do:

1. Raise the issue in writing. Write to your boss outlining the issues that you are facing.

2. Request a fix. Ask your boss to correct the issues and to treat you fairly moving forward.

3. State the consequence. State that if the behaviour continues, you may have no choice but to resign on the basis of constructive dismissal.

If you resign and claim constructive dismissal because your boss has ill-treated you and created an intolerable environment, you may be entitled to compensation.

But you should always seek proper advice before resigning your job.

In fact, if you are in such a situation, you should seek advice and start taking the necessary steps as early as possible, even before you consider resigning.

It is unfortunate that many employees end up in such difficult situations, but these are steps that you can take to defend yourself.

16/12/2025

If your employer is giving benefits to your coworkers, such as paid leave or bonuses, and you are not getting those benefits too, that may be unfair.

Check out the blog to see what you can do if you are such a situation.

All benefits in a company should be given out fairly. You should not be unjustly denied any benefits, and if you are, you may be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

12/12/2025

If your employer is instructing you to report before the start of your shift, then you should be compensated for that time.

If your employer refuses to compensate you for that time, that could be grounds for constructive dismissal, which means that you might be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

Check out the blog to see what you can do if you are in this situation.

Your employer has to compensate you for the time that you work. And if they fail to do so, you may b.e entitled to resign and seek compensation

11/12/2025

11 Ways That You May Be Unfairly Dismissed From Your Job

You should not be fired from your job unless your employer has a legitimate reason and has followed the proper process.

If your employer fired you without a legitimate reason or without following the proper process, then you may have been unfairly dismissed, and you may be entitled to get compensation or even to get your job back.

Employees get dismissed in many different ways, and oftentimes these dismissals are unfair.

Here are 11 ways that you may be unfairly dismissed:

1. If you are accused of misconduct in the workplace (eg. absenteeism or breaching a company policy), and your employer fires you without conducting a proper investigation and giving you a fair opportunity to defend yourself;

2. If you have been fired for “performing poorly”, but your superiors have not provided you with the necessary training or given you enough opportunities to improve your performance;

3. If your employer gives you notice of termination and there is no valid reason for firing you (even if your employment contract states that it can be terminated by giving written notice);

4. If you are fired, without notice, for no reason;

5. If your boss forces you to resign;

6. If your employment contract is allowed to expire without being renewed;

7. If your employer has alleged that you abandoned the job but he failed to follow the proper job abandonment process;

8. If you are fired because you have been diagnosed with an illness, even though the illness has not affected your performance or attendance at work;

9. If you are fired because you have a serious illness or injury that has affected your work, but your employer failed to follow the proper process;

10. If you were dismissed as part of a redundancy/retrenchment, but your employer did not follow the correct procedure or there was no real redundancy at all; or

11. If you have been accused, charged or convicted of a criminal offence, and your employer has automatically dismissed you without following the proper process.

Even if you do not have a written employment contract, you still have the right not to be unfairly dismissed in any of these ways.

If you were unfairly dismissed, you may be entitled to compensation or even to be reinstated in your job.

It is best to get advice as soon as you are dismissed from your job.

09/12/2025

If you earn an hourly rate between $20.50 to $30.75, you are entitled to overtime if you work beyond the normal workday of 8 hours or beyond the normal workweek of 40 hours.

For all hours worked beyond the normal workday or workweek, you are supposed to be paid at the relevant overtime rates.

Check out the blog to see what overtime rates you should be earning and what you can do if your employer isn’t paying the correct rates.

You should always be properly compensated for the time that you work. And if your employer fails to do so, you may be entitled to resign and seek compensation.

27/11/2025

If your employer expands your job responsibilities, without your consent and without a proper increase in salary…

This could amount to a constructive dismissal, and you could be entitled to compensation.

Check out the blog to see what you can do if you are in such a situation.

20/11/2025

Your employer does not have the right to suspend you for no reason, especially if the suspension is without pay.

Check out the blog to see what you can do if you are in this situation.

Your employer does not have the right to suspend you for no reason, especially if the suspension is without pay and does not have an end date.

17/11/2025

If your employer fired you while you were on probation, and he failed to follow the proper steps during your probation…

That dismissal may be unfair and you may be entitled to compensation.

Check out the blog to see if your dismissal during your probation may have been unfair.

If your employer fired you while you were on probation, and he failed to follow the proper steps during your probation, that dismissal may be unfair and you may be entitled to compensation.