Can Australian boss fire people whenever they want?

Question

Are there any laws that forbids them to do that?

thanks.

Answer 1

Basically, yes. you have John Howard to thank for that with scrapping unfair dismissal laws.

Answer 2

At the moment, employers with fewer than 100 staff are exempt from unfair dismissal laws, but that should change soon after Australia's new Senate is sworn in on 1st July, 2008.

The new Labor government intends introducing legislation during the first sitting of the new parliament to re-introduce unfair dismissal laws. At present there is a hostile senate that would vote against these changes, but after July, the opposition loses its senate majority which will allow new bills on industrial reform to pass to meet election promises.

Answer 3

you give the boss a good reason to sack you you will get the sack