For example, an employee who works three months to two years for the same employer might be entitled to one weeks' notice. Therefore, if the employee is terminated immediately, the employee is entitled to an extra weeks' pay because he or she didn't get enough notice. Similarly notice is not required if the employee quits or is fired for just cause. Just cause means there was a good reason. Just cause includes serious misconduct by the employee habitual neglect of duty incompetence wilful disobedience.
Wrongful dismissal occurs when an employee is terminated without adequate notice or severance pay.
There are many lawsuits based on wrongful dismissal. There are disagreements over whether there was just cause. There are also disagreements over whether an employee quit voluntarily or was forced to quit because the employer made fundamental changes to the job without the employee's consent. Workplace Health and Safety Employers are responsible for ensuring, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of their employees. If excessive exposure has already taken place, the employer must take all reasonable steps to ensure the worker is immediately protected from further exposure and that steps are taken to control the contamination.