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AIRC rules on operational reasons; First unfair dismissal win under Work Choices

A motorway maintenance provider has convinced the AIRC it had genuine operational reasons for making three employees redundant, in one of the first such cases under Work Choices. And in another unfair dismissal development, a self-represented employee has won what appears to be the first successful unfair dismissal case under the new act, after his former employer failed to appear before the AIRC.