Actually if it's the "kitchen" and the "team playing" and there's no doubt about those reasons............she could sue them anyway. erisalinsky@xxxxxxxxxxx Tech writer/Procedures Analyst 0407 811 937 02 6286 8959 (Canberra) Box 4051, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052 Australia >From: "Erica Ferrigno" <EFerrigno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: atw: Re: Unreasonable/ Ineffective Contract term: Terminate for >convenience >Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:46:02 +1000 > > >My mum was fired on Friday last week, two weeks short of the end of a three >month probationary period (other than that I'm not sure what else her >contract said) because "it's not working out", and specifically for "not >keeping the kitchen clean enough" and "not being a team player". > >This, after almost 35 years experience in permanent employment (except the >last 2.5 years working as a freelance translator/interpreter) working for >large corporations and for senior management. It's just mind boggling!! All >that comes to mind as a reason is office politics - she was friendly with >the CEO who had given her freelance work in the past so maybe there were >others who were in the running and so she stepped on some unknown person's >toes. Or maybe they are just plain heartless. Or "age-ist". > >Before getting the job she spent a good 2 months getting knock-backs for >being over-qualified and potentially bored by the jobs she was going for. >Is that another way of saying "we don't want you because you're too old for >the job"? And these guys come up with such lame reasons for letting her go. >Sheesh! I guess there's no recourse since they let her go within the >probationary period. > >This kind of thing really gets me fired up! > > > >A while back we had a discussion about contract terms, particularly this >one: >"<X> may terminate for convenience...." > >At the time my wife was on a contract with a one-hour termination >clause. She didn't think much of it at the time she took the contract, >but signed anyway. > >Yesterday she invoked the clause. She resigned, and left the place one >hour later. What's more, she enjoyed doing it. > >Apparently the management were somewhat taken aback. It hadn't >occurred to them that an employee might take advantage of a clause that >was put there for the convenience of management. > >Allan > > > > >******************************************************************************** >The information in this message is confidential and may be legally >privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this >email by anyone else is unauthorised. > >If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested >to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you >have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) >any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action >taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited >and may be unlawful. >******************************************************************************** > >************************************************** >To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to >austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to >austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > >To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >"unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > >To search the austechwriter archives, go to >www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > >To contact the list administrator, send a message to >austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Sell your car for $9 on carpoint.com.au http://server-au.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?cg=link&ci=ninemsn&tu=http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au?refid=hotmail_tagline ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************