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Businesses with 15 staff or less can let you go. They don't necessarily comply with unfair dismissal rules if they are offering severance pay.If you are being offered a redundancy payout, then they are being very generous. Unfortunately, this is a sign of the times. Most small businesses are a week ahead of insolvency. Superannuation is going to 12% over the next few years. Most small businesses are behind on their GST obligations. Unemployment will be heading north pretty fast. Businesses are going to the wall. They can't afford staff. It is too costly to employ people. Workers comp, sick pay that accumulates annually, rising super, holiday pay. Most businesses aren't profitable enough to pay all the staff entitlements. Sorry if Fulvio don't bleedin like it but Aussies are on the gravy train and business is struggling to afford staff. That's why all the corporates are pulling out and manufacturing is unviable in Australia. If you don't believe me, try starting a business and see if you can afford to pay anybody.
Sorry Ecky. Good luck mate. It's a sign of the times.