Abstract
This paper reports on the findings of a recent survey of small regional businesses to measure the impact of and experience with unfair dismissal law and processes. Amongst other things the survey found the level of respondent knowledge of the current ‘unfair dismissal’ legislation was high, the incidence of unfair dismissal claims against small businesses was low (less than 3%), the process was not overly complex while for the majority of those with experience of the legislation the outcome of proceedings was considered satisfactory. On the other hand while the majority of total respondents believed the current federal legislation was unfair to small business, only 37% thought they should be exempt from unfair dismissal laws and 38% thought they should not be exempt. Finally the survey found that for 64% the key reasons for hiring or not hiring staff were economic or workload issues while only 5.5% thought it was unfair dismissal legislation. The paper argues that there seems little evidence to support the federal government’s grounds for reformation of this law.
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