Recorded Webinar: Dismissing Staff in Schools as a Result of Poor Behaviour

This webinar is brought to you by Television Education Network together with the Association of School Business Administrators.

This session looks at the rights of the school, as an employer, to terminate a teacher who has acted in breach of their employment contract. No one wants to wind up before the Fair Work Commission, or the Federal Court.

This session will look at the key things you need to be aware of when attempting to dismiss a staff member. We will cover:

• What does the employment contract say?
• Enterprise agreements, discipline and termination – what rights does the employee have?
• General protections and workplace rights – the key things schools need to be aware of when terminating employment of staff
• Avoiding unfair dismissal claims – proper management and decision making processes
• Bullying allegations during performance management – ensuring you undertake and implement the proper procedure
• Investigations:
  • what is the process?
  • what can you do if the employee won’t respond?
  • tensions between the school investigation and the police
  • ensuring procedural fairness
  • investigation and then disciplinary action – understanding the distinction