ASIC has disqualified a construction company director over failures to comply with the ATO over related party transactions leading to multiple tax liabilities.
Some employers are too soft and trusting when receiving grievances and give in even before establishing whether the grievance has merit. However, more often employers go to the opposite extreme and brush all grievances aside because they are not there ‘to deal with employees’ sob stories’ or because the statutes do not provide for the lodging of grievances. While it is true that no statute specifically requires employers to solve their employee’s personal problems there are many circumstances under which employers would be foolish to ignore grievances. For example: