I have been to a hearing with the AIRC for unfair dismissal and the commissioner has ruled in my favour (yah, I represented myself and they had a barrister) and now I have to go to a conciliation conference. What outcome can I expect, as in monetary terms? It is not possible for me to be reinstated (who would want to go back there now anyway). It has been 3 months since I left and I have suffered from depression because of it, my Dr says it will be another six months before I will be in the right state of mind to work again and even then there is no guarantee, since I would have been out of work for 9 months – with no previous reference and given the current economical state and the high unemployment rate there’s not a great chance. Also my husband and I have seperated and this whole things has been a major contributing factor – my depression. I have to move because I can’t afford to stay renting where I am. I can no longer apply for the first home owners grant, because I don’t have a job. Please help with with an amount of money that would be reasonable for me to expect. I cant afford legal advise.


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    Hariet Harman gets away with only a small fine after crashing her car while speaking on her mobile phone, and then driving away without reporting the incident: "Ms Harman is pleased that the potential charges of leaving the scene of an accident without exchanging particulars and failing to report an accident to the police have been dropped"

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2843875.ece

    Feminist judge Vera Baird was accused of not clearing up after her dog fouled a railway platform, but the person who accused her was apparently too intimidated to carry on with the case, so the case was dropped http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1236839/Solicitor-General-Vera-Baird-embroiled-row-failing-pick-dogs-mess-railway-station.html#ixzz0cD9kMrTN

    We know that feminists like promoting laws that favour women, but does this mean that feminists should be above the law?
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      Does it include you?

      Yesterday, on talk-back radio 2UE with Steve Price, this was the very point people were discussing… and it seemed everyone felt excluded. In fact they explained how they were discriminated by the government’s policies in favour of those "working families".

      So, if you’re a single guy renting and earning an honest wage… are you included?

      What about the lesbian couple living together… renting and earning an honest day’s keep… are they included?

      How about the solicitor earning ,000 for a 12 hour day who goes home to his wife looking after the kids and struggles to pay the mortgage… are they one of the "working families" Labor keeps referring to?

      How about the average farmer… struggling because of years of drought… asset rich but cash poor… is he, his wife and 2.7 kids one of the "working families"?

      (NB – I borrowed this question from a poster on a different forum, because I found it an interesting topic of discussion – what do you
      Hi Ozmaniac – thanks for such a detailed answer! On another school of thougght, Rudd was asked last week on Radio 3AW by a female caller who said she is a self funded retiree whose husband died 5 years prior & asked if she was a ‘working family’ and said she felt left out , Rudd said "of course you are a working family" , she said what about single people are they included, he said of course!! Then Neil Mitchell quipped "then it’s a totally meaningless phrase isn’t it ? Rudd just changed the subject and never responded..


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        My ex wants to move 1000km’s away and wants to take our son. He’s in the process of taking me to court to have this granted. He is accusing me of being a bad mother, being an alcoholic etc, and getting an ex friend of mine that I used to live with to stand behind him. Admittedly I was only 17 when I had my son and found it hard to bring him up by myself when he left but I have never consumed alcohol in front of my son nor has alcohol affected my life (ie, I’ve held down a stable job for the past 4 years). My life was a bit unstable, (not alcohol related, just a young mum trying to support her son alone) but over the past 18 months I have picked myself up and now rent a nice 2 bedroom unit with my partner, we earn a good income combined and have never been in trouble with the law, taken drugs or anything of that manner. I am so scared of losing my son I don’t know what to do. I have spoken to solicitors but I don’t know if I can trust them with the advice they’re giving me. I so far understand have the following in my favour: 1) My son was born here and all of his friends and family are here. 2) My ex seems to think he can go get a job at maccas and that will be enough to get a home loan. 3) I’ve taken my son off him before for dealing drugs. Does anyone know what he would have to do to succeed in taking him off me? Does anyone know if the court will take into consideration him slandering me? What should my solicitor be doing? I have a lot of friends who could write a lot of negative things about him, is it necessary? In my defence if I was such a bad mum my ex would have taken him off me a long time ago. I love my son more than anything and if he is allowed to go it will break my heart. Any advice would be fantastic. Thanks
        thanks so much I feel better already. I might add, I can’t prove the drugs.. I found out about them and then took my son off him and went to mediation but the papers I have from then don’t seem to mention it :( After he promised not to sell anymore I gave in to him and let him see him for 50% of the week.. its been like that for the past 18 months or so


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          We (as buyers) have signed a contract for the purchase of our first home. The Sellers were meant to sign the contract the next day but due to some finance issues cannot sign it for another 3-4 weeks. We asked for something in writing saying that they would sell it to us and take it off the market etc, so we could start with our inspections. They went through their solicitor (on the advice of the real estate agent) and came back with a "Put and Call Option" which has some ridiculous conditions such as if we defult (?? Not sure how we could) they can sue us or sell it to another party and if they don’t get the same price as we were going to pay, we would have to give them the difference!!
          This seems ridiculous to us. We are the ones who are doing them a favour by being patient and understanding to their situation. We will seek legal advice before signing this, but wondered if anyone else has come across this before? Can someone help us understand what is going on??

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