“[61] Because a termination of which notice must be given may lawfully occur at any point over a span of time including during, at the moment of conclusion and after the end of a trial provision, “notice” must be more than simply advice of dismissal. Rather, the subsection contemplates that it will be advice of when, in future, the dismissal will take effect. That accords with the long established common law requirements of dismissal on notice which can be either express or, if not, “reasonable notice”. It is necessary, however, that the giving of the notice of termination of the employment agreement must be before the end of the trial period. It is significant, also, that the notice is of termination of the employment agreement (containing the trial provision) and not of employment although, in practice, the two will often be the same. It is possible, however, to contemplate that there may be matters in the employment agreement that would survive a termination of the employment. Section 67B(1), however, requires that it be the employment agreement that is terminated.“
“[78] Excluding the good faith obligations under s 4(1A)(c) as required by s 67B(5)(a), the balance of the good faith duties under s 4 tend to favour a requirement on employers to give such explanations at the time of giving notice. Not only must the employer neither mislead nor deceive or act in a manner that is likely to mislead or deceive under subs (1), but subs (1A)(b) requires parties to an employment relationship (which is their status when notice of termination of a s 67A arrangement is given) to be active and constructive and, in particular, to be “responsive and communicative”. To refuse to give to an employee being dismissedotherwise lawfully, any explanation about why that is happening, is not onlyinconsistent with the statutory obligation to be “responsive and communicative” but is arguably the antithesis of that requirement of good faith behaviour between the parties in the employment relationship. This obligation is unaffected by ss 67A and 67B.“
其实如果光看这一段,很多人会认为这一段的意思是说如果在90天内解雇员工而且不给理由是不正确的(inconsistent with the statutory obligation to be “responsive and communicative”…..)
“[26] On 8 December 2009 at Ms King’s request, Ms Smith spent the day at the
defendant’s other pharmacy to cover a sick leave absence but at the end of that day
Ms King and Mr Kearns together told her that she was to be dismissed summarily
and that they were entitled to do so because it was within the 90 day trial period.
When Ms Smith asked what she had done wrong, she says their response was that
she was not what they were looking for and that she was inexperienced. They say
they were unresponsive to Ms Smith’s requests because they had been told they were
entitled to refuse to provide reasons or other explanations.
。。。。。。。
[82] Interpreting the section 67A and 67B obligations strictly and against the
removal of rights of access to justice unless clearly so expressed as set out earlier in
this judgment, I consider that an employer, upon giving notice of termination of an
employment relationship in reliance on s 67B, is not entitled in law to refuse to give
an explanation for such a significant decision. Nor is the employer entitled to give
an explanation that is misleading or deceptive or that may tend to mislead or deceive
the employee.“
此案件其实说的是,Ms Smith 给雇主打了一天工,在一天以后雇主告诉她,不需要她了。当她问解雇的理由时,雇主说,90天试用期可以随时解雇而且当被问起理由时,雇主并没有回答(They say they were unresponsive to Ms Smith’s requests because they had been told they were entitled to refuse to provide reasons or other explanations).在82段,法官认为,在被要求给与理由的时候,雇主不可以拒绝给与解雇的理由。
在这里对您的行为很失望,而且我们认为如果您觉得您和律师这个行业属于同事(colleague)的关系的话,那么您的行为非常的”unprofessional”.
在我们法律界,我们从来不直接批评自己的同行和同事. By being lawyers, we are not only owing duties to our clients, but as officers of Courts our duties extend further to include acting in a manner that is not disrespectful to our colleagues and Judges, and to act professionally which means, to think carefully and conduct in an extremely diligent manner before making serious accusations on others such as our colleagues operating in similar practices.