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Consultation obligations and redundancies

Small business employers are not immune from any obligations under modern awards or enterprise agreements to conduct meaningful consultation if they want to avail themselves of the genuine redundancy defence in unfair dismissal cases.

Orientile Pty Ltd v Zhang [2026] FWCFB 162

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