跟老板谈话之前我打了咨询电话给Department of Labour,他们说目前还没有法律条文规定谁应该付这个责任。在这种情况下,就要看employment contract。如果劳工合同规定要雇员负责,那雇员就要赔偿,如果劳工合同没有这条,老板在雇员没有签署任何赔偿agreement之前不能强制性扣钱。
2. 老板和员工之间的矛盾如,是否员工应该补偿公司赔偿客户的金额非雇佣关系,而取决于law of contract / tort of negligence, 就是说,员工是否有粗心大意造成损失,双方之间的雇佣合同是否有相关赔偿的条款?虽然赔偿和雇佣法无关,但是如果老板因为赔偿的事件来定义serious misconduct 或者作出不公正的调查,随之解雇员工,这个可以通过雇佣关系来解决,i.e. DOL, Mediation, ERA, etc.
3. LZ的事件我认为LZ责任比较少或者说没有责任。因为payroll 的工作一般一个人做,需要另外一个人(your senior) double check 之后才能execute, 在一个小时内做40个人的payroll 而且没有高级会计师的检查就直接转账? 在案例法上对这类的情况法官多次做出评论。例如,in Angel v Fonterra Co-operative Group [2006] ERNZ 1080, Judge Shaw held, "where employee's failure to take proper care due to lack of knowledge of relevant policies or rules, fair and reasonable employer must establish whether this situation is employee's fault; training A and H received non-specific and rushed; other senior operators appeared unaware that A and H's actions considered serious breach of procedure; training received did not match intended policy and had been misunderstood by recipients; open to fair and reasonable employer to find that A and H may have been careless but not wilfully blind to policy; inadequacy of training procedures not considered.............." 就是说,你的老板在决定是否让你赔偿前,先评估你是否有错,而错误是否是因为公司的程序,培训,时间(Rushed job?) 而造成的过失,如果问题是系统化的不足所造成的,你主动道歉反而不能避免之后类似事件的发生,只会让你变成替罪羊而已。
同时,In Utumapu v W Crighton & Son Ltd CRN30090213/93
Judge Holderness mentioned and I quote, "I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the Defendant [Employer] failed to take all practicable steps to ensure that Mr Miller [Employee] was adequately trained because, as Mr Miller's attendance at a forklift operators course shortly after the accident makes clear, training courses were available for forklift operators and the attendance of Mr Miller at such a course was a practicable step which the Defendant did not take until after the accident. Accordingly, there was at least one practicable step which the Defendant failed to take and that being so, all practicable steps had not been taken." 这个案例指出如果至少有一个practicable step 雇主可以做而且可以避免事故的话,那么雇主就有责任去制定这样的step, 虽然这个案子是说forklift course, in analogy, it can also be applicable in cases of professional duties. 特别是你的工作如果是会计行,对员工training 还有做payroll 的输入和转帐之间的安全性没有任何的监督,例如separation of duty 的机制,让人觉得不是很professional 的感觉。
remember,mate. just do not do it if you got not enough time.
if they are late. it is their problems, tell them fuck off. next time they will come on time.
be yourself. you do not need anything, your boss will take all the responsibility, NOT YOU.作者: 移民惹的禍 时间: 2012-3-21 08:55:23
I have been thinking transfer from Commercial to ATO for some months..........Now I hesitate to do so......
Thanks for sharing your experience.GOOD LUCK !{:7_325:}作者: HelloHello_NZ 时间: 2012-5-10 19:22:28
我个人的收获就是,如果已经有时间上的压力,那么需要让经理,客户,甚至一些同事都知道,而不能就是默默地做,他们不知道的情况下,不会appreciate. 这和我的工作很类似,每天都有不同的deadline,并且还要处理urgent request。并且让大家都知道standard turnaround time,这样才能更好作时间管理。
另外cross check, peer review是一定的,不能因为时间紧就影响质量,我曾经也有过这个经验分享一下,我后来很严肃地告诉同事,我会努力,但是如果不能能给我更多的时间,i could complete it within this timeframe, but it will not be a product to my satisfaction, which could potentiall affect your purpose of having this product. if you ok with it, i will continue, otherwise I can product a better product (report, etc), which should meet the standard... 我的经理也理解,他也没有别的resource and better solution for this request.
不过这个发工资的事情因为时间不能negotiate, 但是正规的会计公司是不是应该和顾客有个什么level of service agreement,比如要什么时候收到timesheet才能发工资,否则工资按时不能发出去,不是会计公司的责任这类的吧?
另外看来楼主的case可以顺利解决,现在看来只是一个时间的问题了。lz 可能只要拿出证据,说清楚来龙去脉,包括没有peer review checking procedure in place, lack of timeframe, no discussion/agreement before deduct final pay等等