Woman Fired by SMS
The Transport Workers Union says a Brisbane waste collection company has used the new federal workplace laws to sack an employee via text message.
Union spokesman Hughie Williams says three workers have been told they are no longer required, including a woman dismissed by SMS.
Mr Williams says it is an unacceptable way for an employee to lose her job.
"A rather despicable way of terminating people but again that's what we'll be seeing under the new workplace relations that are in place in Australia at the present time," he said.
"It gives the bosses unfortunately the legal right to sack people in that manner."
Mr Williams says the woman was given no explanation.
"It's just unacceptable and it's really bad manners, fancy terminating someone's services simply by sending an SMS in that manner, it's a disgraceful situation for that to happen," he said.
A spokesman for the personnel company that hired the staff says it will respond to the allegations this afternoon.
Union spokesman Hughie Williams says three workers have been told they are no longer required, including a woman dismissed by SMS.
Mr Williams says it is an unacceptable way for an employee to lose her job.
"A rather despicable way of terminating people but again that's what we'll be seeing under the new workplace relations that are in place in Australia at the present time," he said.
"It gives the bosses unfortunately the legal right to sack people in that manner."
Mr Williams says the woman was given no explanation.
"It's just unacceptable and it's really bad manners, fancy terminating someone's services simply by sending an SMS in that manner, it's a disgraceful situation for that to happen," he said.
A spokesman for the personnel company that hired the staff says it will respond to the allegations this afternoon.
