Members should be aware of insidious tactics used by some employers who are shamefully giving their staff “redundancies by stealth”.
IEU-QNT Industrial Officer Dan Wilson said a recent shameful example was of a member who had worked 24 hours per week for 16 years, before having her hours reduced over the next three years by the employer, until she was working only 12 hours per week.
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