| Summary |
UNJUSTIFIED DISMISSAL - No written employment agreement - Applicant alleged she was employed for trial period of two months and when this passed she became permanent employee - Respondent alleged applicant employed on casual, job-by-job basis - Parties had totally different goals and when work the respondents required to be done was achieved, they advised applicant her services no longer needed - Authority found that employment was fixed term agreement which would come to an end when tasks set out for applicant had been completed - Applicant not a casual employee and nor was she offered ongoing employment - Dismissal not unjustified because work required of applicant had come to an end - UNJUSTIFIED DISADVANTAGE - Applicant unjustifiably disadvantaged in that respondent's failure to provide written employment agreement led directly to confusion that followed - COSTS - Length of investigation meeting not specified - Just to award applicant $400 as contribution to reasonably incurred costs - Vineyard worker |